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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2022
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Arai, Shiojiri, JP;
Kanechika Kiyose, Matsumoto, JP;
Masahiro Onoda, Shimosuwa-machi, JP;
Mio Sasaki, Shiojiri, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An ultrasonic thickness measurement device includes ultrasonic probe including eight or less ultrasonic elements each including a transmission element and a receiving element, the transmission element and the receiving element being an ultrasonic elements, and a controller configured to determine a thickness of target body tissue from tomographic image data of a body of a subject acquired based on a received signal that is received by each of the receiving elements of each of the ultrasonic elements. The controller determines the thickness from the tomographic image data based on each of the received signals that is received by each of the ultrasonic elements.