| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a part of a lumen or the like from being absent in a display of a photoacoustic image. <P>SOLUTION: A photoacoustic imaging device 10 for irradiating a subject with pulse light of a wavelength, that is absorbed by the interior thereof, from a laser light source 13, detecting the acoustic waves generated from the subject thereby to obtain photoacoustic data, and imaging the subject on the basis of the photoacoustic data to display on an image displaying means is provided with: ultrasonic image acquiring means 11, 40, 41 for transmitting ultrasonic waves toward the subject, detecting the reflected ultrasonic waves thereby reflected from the subject, and obtaining ultrasonic data; and correcting means 27, 28, 42 for correcting a specific portion within the subject shown by the photoacoustic data, on the basis of the ultrasonic data showing the specific portion. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
