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Abstract

A photoacoustic apparatus includes a light source; a supporting member configured to support a receiving element that receives a photoacoustic wave generated through irradiation of a subject with light generated by the light source and that outputs a time-series reception signal; a control unit configured to set a plurality of measurement positions at which the supporting member is located when the subject is irradiated with the light at a plurality of timings; a moving unit configured to move the supporting member to the plurality of measurement positions; a signal data obtaining unit configured to generate reception signal data by reducing a data amount of the time-series reception signal in accordance with a measurement position among the measurement positions, and store the reception signal data; and an information obtaining unit configured to obtain information about the subject on the basis of the reception signal data.

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First Claim