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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2022
Nihon Kohden Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiraku Tabata, Tokorozawa, JP;
NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus configured to process information acquired from a probe including a base having flexibility to bend along a surface of subject's body and a plurality of ultrasound transducers arranged on the base at predetermined intervals. The information processing apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire transmission information, which relates to ultrasound emitted from the ultrasound transducers of the probe whose base is attached to the subject along the surface of the subject's body, and first reception information, which relates to first reflection received by first ultrasound transducers of the ultrasound transducers after the ultrasound is reflected by a first target, and calculate parameters, which relate to a curve of the base, from the transmission information, the first reception information, and the predetermined intervals between the first ultrasound transducers.