Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sung-yoon Kim

Su-Jin Kim

Kwang-Hee Lee

Jun-sang Yoo

Jun-kyo Lee

Han-jun Kim

Gil-ju Jin

Jun-Sang Yoo

Young-kwon You

Jae-Moon Jo

Mi-Jeoung Ahn

Su-jin Kim

Dong-gyu Hyun

Jae-moon Jo

Jong-sik Kim

Mi-jeoung Ahn

Kwang-hee Lee

Sung-mo Lee

Jun Kim

Han-Jun Kim

The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a display configured to display a mid-sagittal plane (MSP) image corresponding to the MSP of a head of an object, and an image processor configured to determine a measurement plane based on the MSP and generate a measurement plane image corresponding to the measurement plane. The display is further configured to display the measurement plane image with the MSP image.

Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method for generating image from volume data and displaying the same

Provided is an ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising: an image processing unit for connecting relevant blood flows and classifying the same into a plurality of blood flow trees on the basis of information on blood flow direction and blood flow velocity obtained from morphological information of a target object and three-dimensional blood flow data; a user input unit for receiving a user input which selects a blood flow tree, in which a target blood flow is included, from among the plurality of blood flow trees; and a display unit for displaying the selected blood flow tree on a three-dimensional rendering image on the basis of the user input.

Method and apparatus for displaying ultrasound image of target object

Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including: a display configured to display a first ultrasound image showing an object; a user input device configured to receive a user input for selecting first and second depths in the first ultrasound image and setting different three-dimensional (3D) rendering properties with respect to the first and second depths; and a controller configured to generate a second ultrasound image showing a 3D volume of the object based on the set 3D rendering properties, wherein the display is further configured to display the generated second ultrasound image.

Method and apparatus for displaying ultrasound images

An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a data obtainer configured to obtain volume data of an object; a display configured to display a reference cross-section of the object extracted from the volume data; a user input unit configured to receive a user input selecting a reference object included in the displayed reference cross-section; and an image processor configured to normalize the volume data by using location information of the reference object, and to extract a coronal plane of the object based on information of at least one anatomical landmark included in the normalized volume data, and the display is further configured to display the extracted coronal plane.

Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and operating method thereof

An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method capable of efficiently measuring the volume of an object is provided. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound image data regarding a object including a target bone which is to be diagnosed, and an image processing unit configured to acquire first information about at least one selected from a location of the target bone within an ultrasound image and a length of the target bone, based on volume data included in the ultrasound image data, acquire a boundary surface of a soft tissue that is adjacent to the target bone, based on the first information, and automatically acquire a volume of an interior of the boundary surface of the soft tissue.

Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, ultrasound diagnosis method performed by the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, and computer-readable storage medium having the ultrasound diagnosis method recorded thereon

Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire volume data for a head of an object; an image processor configured to detect a mid-sagittal plane (MSP) from the volume data, generate an MSP image corresponding to the MSP, detect at least one measurement plane based on the MSP, and generate at least one measurement plane image corresponding to the at least one measurement plane; and a display configured to display the MSP image and the at least one measurement plane image on a single screen.

Provided is a method of operating a medical diagnostic apparatus that displays a medical image, including: modifying an operating state of the medical diagnostic apparatus from a first state to a second state based on sequential first user inputs; storing a history of a plurality of operating states respectively corresponding to the first user inputs; receiving a recovery input; selecting a third state from among the plurality of operating state included in the history, based on the recovery input; and modifying the operating state of the medical diagnostic apparatus from the second state to the third state.

Medical diagnostic apparatus capable to operate between stored operating states and operating method thereof

A method of more easily determining a measurement object that may be provided from a standard view for a user who is a doctor to read an ultrasound image in an ultrasound diagnosis. A data acquisition unit acquires ultrasound data of a target object. An image processor generates an ultrasound image by using the ultrasound data, acquires a standard view based on the ultrasound image, acquires measurement information that is information regarding measurement objects measurable within the standard view based on the standard view, and acquires at least one of the measurement objects based on the acquired measurement information.

Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method and computer readable storage medium

A method of displaying an ultrasound image may improve the accuracy of disease diagnosis by enabling a user to recognize an accurate direction of a bloodstream. The method includes: obtaining first Doppler data that is generated by transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object and receiving an echo signal reflected from the object by using a probe; displaying a sound source marker at a first position on a screen; and generating and displaying a first color Doppler image from the first Doppler data in consideration of the first position.

Method and apparatus for displaying ultrasound image

A method of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image by using a display apparatus includes generating an annotation related to a point of the 3D image and determining an image depth of the annotation, and displaying the annotation with the 3D image based on the image depth of the annotation, in which the annotation comprises at least one point or area of the 3D image.

Method and apparatus for displaying 3D image

Disclosed is a method of changing at least one of a direction and position of a plane selection line for acquiring an image of a plane of interest of an object. The method includes acquiring a medical image of an object, displaying a first plane image acquired along a first plane selection line of the medical image, setting a pattern which is used to change at least one of the direction and position of the plane selection line, changing at least one of the direction and position of the plane selection line, based on the set pattern, and displaying a second plane image acquired along the changed plane selection line.

Method and apparatus for changing at least one of direction and position of plane selection line based on pattern

Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound system and a 3D ultrasound system operating method that may obtain 3D ultrasound data with respect to an object inside a human body to determine an accurate sagittal view. The 3D ultrasound system may include a scanner to generate ultrasound data including image data generated by scanning an object inside a human body, a processing unit to detect a center point of the object from the generated ultrasound data, and to generate, on the ultrasound data, a virtual plane on which the detected center point is placed, and a controller to rotate the ultrasound data based on the image data included in the virtual plane and to determine a sagittal view with respect to the object.

Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound system for scanning object inside human body and method for operating 3D ultrasound system

Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying a medical image, the apparatus including: a data acquisition unit for acquiring volume data of an object; an image generation unit for generating a medical image, which includes at least one three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image and at least one 2D stereoscopic image generated based on at least one of a direction, a gradient, and a depth of an object shown in the 3D stereoscopic image, from volume data of the object; and a displaying unit for displaying the generated medical image.

Method and apparatus for displaying medical image

A medical system, a medical imaging apparatus, and a method of setting a 3-dimensional (3D) marker on a 3D image are provided. The medical imaging apparatus a display unit displaying a 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image generated by using 3D data; a user input unit receiving first input information for selecting a predetermined point of the 3D ultrasound image; and a processor detecting 3D geometry information of a 3D marker that corresponds to the predetermined point in the 3D data based on the first input information, and setting the 3D marker on the 3D image based on the 3D geometry information that is detected.

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Gangwon-do, South Korea

Sung-yoon Kim