ACOUSTO-OPTIC IMAGING SYSTEM, AND ACOUSTO-OPTIC IMAGING APPARATUS

摘要

An acousto-optic imaging system includes: an ultrasonic wave source for irradiating an imaged object with an ultrasonic wave; an acoustic lens for converting a scattered wave of the ultrasonic wave to a plane wave; a light-transmitting acoustic medium provided in an area on an opposite side of the imaged object with respect to the acoustic lens; a light source for outputting a monochromatic light plane wave; an image-forming lens arranged so as to condense diffraction light of the monochromatic light plane wave which is produced in the light-transmitting acoustic medium; an image-receiving section for obtaining an optical image formed by the image-forming lens; and a distortion compensation section for correcting a distortion of the optical image or a distortion.