Patent ID: 11957514
Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  G | IPC A

Claim 6:
7. A flexible ultrasonic imaging apparatus, comprising:
a plurality of ultrasound output units arranged in a deformable substrate to output an ultrasound to a region of interest;
an ultrasound receiving unit to receive the ultrasound reflected from an object disposed in the region of interest; and
a processing unit to calculate a time of flight of the ultrasound based on a difference between an output time and a reception time of the ultrasound and acquire an image of the object based on the time of flight information,
wherein the processing unit is configured to:
measure first capacitance between adjacent ultrasound output units,
measure second capacitance between the adjacent ultrasound output units after deformation of the substrate,
determine a relative position of the plurality of ultrasound output units based on the first capacitance measurement value and the second capacitance measurement value, and
correct the image of the object based on the relative position of the plurality of ultrasound output units.