Patent ID: 9675256
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for controlling a photoacoustic apparatus comprising the steps of: providing a holding member; providing a light source outside of the holding member; providing a detecting unit including a plurality of receiving elements outside of the holding member; providing a plurality of optical absorbers in the holding member, each being located corresponding to each of the plurality of receiving elements; holding an analyte with the holding member configured to form an analyte region at which the analyte is held and a no-analyte region located in a remaining region other than the analyte region; irradiating the optical absorber with light in or on the no-analyte region through the holding member without passing through the analyte; receiving an acoustic wave generated from the optical absorbers in or on the non-analyte region with the detecting unit when the optical absorbers are irradiated thereto; and calculating reception characteristic information of the plurality of receiving elements on the basis of detected signals of the plurality of receiving elements.