Kenneth C Hollister

US Patent:

6662040, Dec 9, 2003

Filed:

Dec 10, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/458008

Inventors:

Paul Mark Henrichs - Houston TX
Marten Eriksen - Oslo, NO
Pal Rongved - Oslo, NO
Wolfgang Hans Heinrich Gunther - West Chester PA
Robert Allen Snow - West Chester PA
Kenneth Robert Hollister - Chester Springs PA
Gregory Lynn McIntire - West Chester PA
Steven Blair Coffey - Pawcatuk CT

Assignee:

Amersham Health AS - Oslo

International Classification:

A61B 600

US Classification:

600431, 600407, 600410, 600436, 600437, 600473, 600476, 424 92, 424 93, 424 952, 424 96

Abstract:

The invention relates to a method of generating an image of an animate human or non-human animal body or part thereof. The method comprises administering to said body a physiologically tolerable contrast agent comprising a radiation absorbing component and/or a pressure inducing component, exposing said body to radiation, detecting pressure waves generated in said body by said radiation and generating an optoacoustic image therefrom of at least a part of said body containing the administered contrast agent.