Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.

Bong-heon Lee

Jin-yong Lee

Sung-wook Park

Joo-hyun Song

Hyuk-jae Chang

Geu-ru Hong

Jin-ki Park

Namsik Chung

Jong-Hwa Kim

Hyun-joo Kim

Ji-hyun Yoon

Chi-young Shim

Nam-sik Chung

Dong-kuk Shin

In-jeong Cho

Sang-hoon Shin

Jin-Ki Park

Nam-Sikc Chung

Provided is a medical imaging apparatus. The medical imaging apparatus includes: a user interface configured to receive an input for setting a region of interest (ROI) in a first medical image and an input for setting first volume rendering properties for the ROI and second volume rendering properties for a remaining region of the first medical image other than the ROI; an image generator configured to generate a second medical image by performing volume rendering on the ROI and the remaining region other than the ROI based on the first and second volume rendering properties, respectively; and a display configured to display the second medical image.

Medical imaging apparatus and method of displaying medical image

Provided is an ultrasound system and an image display method of displaying an ultrasound image on an auxiliary display. The ultrasound system generates a three-dimensional (3D) image in a first orientation with respect to ultrasound volume data acquired from an object and displays the 3D image in the first orientation on a display. The ultrasound system also acquires position information and orientation information of an auxiliary display and determines a second orientation based on the acquired position information and orientation information. The ultrasound system then generates a 3D image in the determined second orientation and controls the 3D image in the second orientation to be displayed on the auxiliary display.

Ultrasound system and method of displaying three-dimensional (3D) image

Disclosed is an ultrasound image display apparatus and method which provides a user with a 3D image enabling a tubular tissue to be easily diagnosed, thereby easily diagnosing whether a disease occurs in the tubular tissue. The ultrasound image display apparatus includes an image processor that generates a first image three-dimensionally representing a surface constituting a tubular tissue on a reference plane, based on ultrasound data corresponding to an object including the tubular tissue and a display that displays the first image.

Method and apparatus for displaying ultrasonic image

Disclosed is an ultrasound apparatus. The ultrasound apparatus includes an ultrasound transceiver that transmits an ultrasound signal to an object and receives an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the object, a controller that detects a change amount of a diameter of a blood vessel of the object, based on the ultrasound echo signal, and a display unit that displays a blood pressure graph showing a blood pressure of the object and an image representing an inflection point in the blood pressure graph, based on the detected change amount of the diameter. The controller calculates a stiffness of the blood vessel, based on a blood pressure corresponding to the inflection point.

Method of calculating feature of blood vessel and ultrasound apparatus for performing the same

Provided are an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and an ultrasound diagnosis method that provide to a user an ultrasound image which is easy to recognize. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a probe, an ultrasound transmitter configured to transmit ultrasound waves to an object by using the probe, an ultrasound receiver configured to generate ultrasound data based on reflection waves corresponding to the transmitted ultrasound waves, a bio-signal obtaining unit configured to obtain bio-signals that are periodically generated, a data processor configured to obtain first loop image data and second loop image data based on the ultrasound data, and an image generator configured to generate combined data by combining the first loop image data and the second loop image based on the bio-signals.

Ultrasound diagnosis method and ultrasound diagnosis apparatus

Disclosed are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an operating method thereof, which quickly and accurately set a volume of interest (VOI). The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes a data acquiring unit that acquires three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound data about an object, a display unit that displays a plane image of at least one of a plurality of planes included in the object, based on the 3D ultrasound data, a user input unit that receives a user input which sets a first straight line included in the plane image, a VOI setting unit that sets, as a VOI, a volume between a first flat surface, which is parallel to the first straight line and is separated from the first straight line by a first distance, and a second flat surface which is parallel to the first straight line and is separated from the first straight line by a second distance; and an image generating unit that generates at least one selected from a 3D image and a two-dimensional (2D) plane image of the set VOI, based on the 3D ultrasound data. The display unit displays at least one selected from the 3D image and the 2D plane image of the VOI.

Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, operating method thereof, and computer-readable recording medium

Provided is a method of displaying a medical image, including: generating a first image showing a region of interest (ROI) by using echo signals corresponding to ultrasound signals transmitted toward the ROI; selecting second images showing the ROI from among prestored images; and displaying the first image and the second images on a screen.

Method and apparatus for displaying ultrasound images

Provided is a volume rendering method including: obtaining 3-dimensional (3D) volume data of an object; setting a parameter of a first voxel included in the 3D volume data as a first value, and a parameter of a second voxel included in the 3D volume data as a second value; and performing rendering by applying the first value to the first voxel and the second value to the second voxel.

Volume rendering apparatus and method using voxel brightness gain values and voxel selecting model

A method and apparatus for combining a three-dimensional (3D) model with a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) images by adjusting degrees of transparency of the plurality of 2D images. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of 2D images; arranging the plurality of 2D images in a 3D space based on predetermined criteria; obtaining spatial coordinates of each of the plurality of 2D images arranged in the 3D space; generating a 3D model of the plurality of 2D images arranged in the 3D space based on the spatial coordinates; changing attribute information of the plurality of 2D images arranged in the 3D space; and displaying the 3D model and the plurality of 2D images whose attribute information is changed.

Method and apparatus for combining plurality of 2D images with 3D model

A medical imaging apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The method includes acquiring three-dimensional (3D) volume data about an object, generating a 3D image based on the 3D volume data, extracting a muscle tissue figure corresponding to a muscle tissue shape of the object by grouping voxels included in the 3D image, analyzing a motion of the object based on the extracted muscle tissue figure, and displaying the extracted muscle tissue figure and a result of the analysis.

Medical imaging apparatus and method of operating the same

A diagnosis imaging apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. A diagnosis imaging apparatus includes: an image processing apparatus for detecting a first point and a second point on a heart wall of a valve of interest in a 3D volume data of a heart of a subject, rotating the 3D volume data to make a virtual line connecting the first point and the second point be parallel with a datum plane, and acquiring a 3D standard view of the valve of interest based on the rotated 3D volume data; and a display apparatus for displaying the 3D standard view.

Rotating 3D volume of data based on virtual line relation to datum plane

Provided are a method and apparatus for guiding a scan line. The method includes: detecting a bloodstream region indicating a flow of blood from a color Doppler image; determining a central axis of the bloodstream region; measuring an angle between the central axis and a scan line used to obtain the color Doppler image; and displaying the angle on a screen.

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Hongcheon-gun, South Korea

Bong-heon Lee