Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus comprising: a processor generating image data representing characteristic information on an object, based on signals acquired by receiving an acoustic wave generated from an object by a plural light irradiations; and a display controller allowing a display to display an image, wherein the display controller performs first display in which an image is displayed in parallel with irradiation and second display in which an image is displayed based on more signal than in the first display, and the processor acquires the characteristic information for a smaller number of units of reconstruction when generating image data.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus comprises a receiver receiving an acoustic wave propagating inside an object and convert the acoustic wave into an electric signal; a scanning unit configured to causing the receiver to scan the object; a control unit configured to controlling operation of the scanning unit; a detection unit configured to detecting a status of the acoustic wave reception; and a processing unit for acquiring characteristic information on the inside of the object on the basis of the electric signal, wherein the control unit decides whether or not the operation of the scanning unit is changed, on the basis of a result of detection by the detection unit.

Abstract: An acoustic wave acquisition apparatus moves a probe so that, in a case where a distance between a probe positioned at a first point and a second point corresponding to a target position is below a predetermined threshold value, a ratio of a length of a trajectory to a distance between the first point and the second point is larger than in a case where the distance between the probe and the second point exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus is used, which includes: an irradiation unit for irradiating an object with a laser beam; a restriction unit for restricting an output of the laser beam from the irradiation unit; a control unit for controlling an irradiation of the laser beam and an activation of the restriction unit; a probe for receiving acoustic waves that are generated from the object irradiated with the laser beam; and a construction unit for generating characteristic information relating to the object in use of the acoustic waves, wherein the control unit performs irradiation control of not irradiating the laser beam when the restriction unit is being activated.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus comprising: a processor generating image data representing characteristic information on an object, based on signals acquired by receiving an acoustic wave generated from an object by a plural light irradiations; and a display controller allowing a display to display an image, wherein the display controller performs first display in which an image is displayed in parallel with irradiation and second display in which an image is displayed based on more signal than in the first display, and the processor acquires the characteristic information for a smaller number of units of reconstruction when generating image data.

Abstract: Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including: an irradiating unit that irradiates an object with light; a probe that receives an acoustic wave generated from the object irradiated with the light; a generating unit that generates an image of the object interior on the basis of the acoustic wave; an imaging region input unit that receives an input of a designation of an imaging region, which is a region of the object in which the acoustic wave is received by the probe; a display region input unit that receives an input of a designation of a display region, which is a region of the object in which the image generated by the generating unit is displayed; and a display unit that displays the generated image in the display region.

Abstract: An acoustic wave acquisition apparatus moves a probe so that, in a case where a distance between a probe positioned at a first point and a second point corresponding to a target position is below a predetermined threshold value, a ratio of a length of a trajectory to a distance between the first point and the second point is larger than in a case where the distance between the probe and the second point exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: An object information acquisition apparatus, configured to receive an acoustic wave from an object and acquire characteristic information of the object, includes a receiver configured to receive the acoustic wave and convert the received acoustic wave into an electric signal, a scan control unit configured to scan the receiver at least in one direction, and a display control unit configured to produce guide information for displaying a guide on a display unit, wherein the guide is in terms of the number of times the receiver is scanned in a first direction and wherein the guide information is produced using information associated with a specified region defined by a user as a region in which characteristic information is to be acquired.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus comprises a receiver receiving an acoustic wave propagating inside an object and convert the acoustic wave into an electric signal; a scanning unit configured to causing the receiver to scan the object; a control unit configured to controlling operation of the scanning unit; a detection unit configured to detecting a status of the acoustic wave reception; and a processing unit for acquiring characteristic information on the inside of the object on the basis of the electric signal, wherein the control unit decides whether or not the operation of the scanning unit is changed, on the basis of a result of detection by the detection unit.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus comprises a receiver receiving an acoustic wave propagating inside an object and convert the acoustic wave into an electric signal; a scanning unit configured to causing the receiver to scan the object; a control unit configured to controlling operation of the scanning unit; a detection unit configured to detecting a status of the acoustic wave reception; and a processing unit for acquiring characteristic information on the inside of the object on the basis of the electric signal, wherein the control unit decides whether or not the operation of the scanning unit is changed, on the basis of a result of detection by the detection unit.

Abstract: Used is an object information acquiring apparatus including an irradiation unit for irradiating an object with a laser beam, a wavelength switching unit for selecting a wavelength of the laser beam, a restriction unit for restricting an output value of the laser beam, a probe for receiving acoustic waves that are generated from the object irradiated with the laser beam, and a configuration unit for generating characteristic information relating to the object in use of the acoustic waves, wherein the restriction unit restricts the output value according to the wavelength selected by the wavelength switching unit.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus is used, which includes: an irradiation unit for irradiating an object with a laser beam; a restriction unit for restricting an output of the laser beam from the irradiation unit; a control unit for controlling an irradiation of the laser beam and an activation of the restriction unit; a probe for receiving acoustic waves that are generated from the object irradiated with the laser beam; and a construction unit for generating characteristic information relating to the object in use of the acoustic waves, wherein the control unit performs irradiation control of not irradiating the laser beam when the restriction unit is being activated.

Abstract: In a known apparatus, when a user defines a specified region in which characteristic information is to be acquired, it may be difficult for the user to easily recognize a corresponding scanning region that is to be actually scanned with a receiver. An embodiment of the invention provides an object information acquisition apparatus including a receiver configured to receive an acoustic wave and convert it into an electric signal, a scan control unit configured to scan the receiver at least in one direction, and a display control unit. Upon receiving information associated with a region specified to be scanned to acquire characteristic information, the display control unit outputs information for displaying an adjusted region obtained by adjusting the specified region such that a length of the specified region in a first direction corresponds to an integral multiple of a scanning width of the receiver in the first direction.

Abstract: An object information acquisition apparatus disclosed in the present specification includes a light source, an acoustic wave detection unit, and a processing unit. The light source is configured to emit light. The acoustic wave detection unit is configured to detect a photoacoustic wave generated by irradiation of an object with the light and to output a detection signal. The processing unit is configured to be able to acquire two or more types of object information on the basis of the detection signal and configured to cause a display unit to display at least one type of object information selected by a user from among the two or more types of object information.

Abstract: An object information acquiring apparatus comprises a receiver receiving an acoustic wave propagating inside an object and convert the acoustic wave into an electric signal; a scanning unit configured to causing the receiver to scan the object; a control unit configured to controlling operation of the scanning unit; a detection unit configured to detecting a status of the acoustic wave reception; and a processing unit for acquiring characteristic information on the inside of the object on the basis of the electric signal, wherein the control unit decides whether or not the operation of the scanning unit is changed, on the basis of a result of detection by the detection unit.

Abstract: Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including: an irradiating unit that irradiates an object with light; a probe that receives an acoustic wave generated from the object irradiated with the light; a generating unit that generates an image of the object interior on the basis of the acoustic wave; an imaging region input unit that receives an input of a designation of an imaging region, which is a region of the object in which the acoustic wave is received by the probe; a display region input unit that receives an input of a designation of a display region, which is a region of the object in which the image generated by the generating unit is displayed; and a display unit that displays the generated image in the display region.

Abstract: An object information acquisition apparatus, configured to receive an acoustic wave from an object and acquire characteristic information of the object, includes a receiver configured to receive the acoustic wave and convert the received acoustic wave into an electric signal, a scan control unit configured to scan the receiver at least in one direction, and a display control unit configured to produce guide information for displaying a guide on a display unit, wherein the guide is in terms of the number of times the receiver is scanned in a first direction and wherein the guide information is produced using information associated with a specified region defined by a user as a region in which characteristic information is to be acquired.