Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-19
2005-04-19
Imam, Ali (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
C600S472000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06881189
ABSTRACT:
An ultrasonic receiving apparatus capable of reducing changes in detection sensitivity due to environmental changes such as temperature and the variations of detection sensitivity depending upon the positions in the ultrasonic detecting element. The ultrasonic receiving apparatus includes: a light source for generating broadband light; an ultrasonic detecting element including an ultrasonic sensing portion which is expanded and contracted by a received ultrasonic wave to change an optical reflectance thereof in accordance with expansion and contraction thereby performing intensity modulation of the light generated by the light source; a spectrum separating unit for spectrum-separating the light intensity-modulated by the ultrasonic detecting element; and photodetector having a plurality of photoelectric converting elements for detecting the light spectrum-separated by the spectrum separating unit for each of plural wavelength components.
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Imam Ali
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