Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Korea University of Technology and Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation

Won-chul Bang

Eun-seok Choi

Dong-Yoon Kim

Sung-jung Cho

Do-kyoon Kim

Wook Chang

Young-kyoo Hwang

Jung-bae Kim

Kyoung-ho Kang

Young-taek Oh

Jong-koo Oh

Jiwon Ryu

Jungwoo Chang

Joon-Kee Cho

Sunkwon Kim

Kyu-Ok Choi

Youngtaek Oh

Kyu-yong Kim

Jayeon Jeong

Jae Joon Han

Yeun-bae Kim

Jun-il Sohn

Ji-won Ryu

Kyong Joon Lee

Ho-taik Lee

Sang-on Choi

Hyong Euk Lee

Jeong-su Kim

Jung-hyun Shim

Jung Bae Kim

Chang-kyu Choi

Jeong-Mi Cho

Nam-Hoon Kim

Sun-gi Hong

Seong-woon Kim

Seong-il Cho

Chang Yeong Kim

Ji-young Park

Bho Ram Lee

Yong-sun Kim

Soon-joo Kwon

Young Sun Kim

Minwoo Lee

Jungbae Kim

Min Woo Lee

Byung-seok Soh

Ki-wan Choi

Eun-Seok Choi

Chang-Yeong Kim

Dong-geon Kong

Young Taek Oh

Mun-cheol Choi

Dong Kuk Shin

Sang-Youn Kim

Sanghyun Kim

Woo-hyun Nam

Ki-won Sohn

Sang-hyun Kim

Jong-geun Park

Jun-sung Park

Ho-kyung Kang

Sung-Jin Choi

Jing Yang

Jong-beom Ra

Jung Woo Chang

Hyong-euk Lee

Tae Heon Yang

Ja-yeon Jeong

Young-Wan Kim

Sung-lung Cho

Eun-kwang Ki

Eun-sook Choi

Joon-kee Cho

Jae-il Kim

Kyong-joon Lee

Jung-woo Chang

Ja Yeon Jeong

Chi-jun Weon

Provided is a biopsy apparatus including an ultrasound probe; a biopsy needle located at a side of the ultrasound probe and including an electromagnetic (EM) sensor; a tracker configured to obtain position and movement direction information of the biopsy needle; and a controller configured to receive, from the tracker, the position and movement direction information of the biopsy needle, and to determine an operation mode, based on the position and movement direction information.

Biopsy apparatus and method for operating the same

There are provided an image processing apparatus for registering medical images having different modalities and a method for controlling the same. A reference location is designated in advance, a pre-designated cross-sectional image of an object is used, a corresponding location is extracted, and then image registration is performed. The image processing apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a communication unit configured to receive a first medical image and a second medical image having a different modality from the first medical image of an object from a first medical apparatus and a second medical apparatus, respectively; and an image processing unit configured to extract a pre-designated cross-sectional image from the second medical image, extract a location corresponding to a reference location of the object from the extracted cross-sectional image, and perform registration of the second medical image and the first medical image corresponding to the extracted cross-sectional image.

Method and apparatus for registration of medical images

Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of generating an ultrasound image. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes: a memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the stored instructions to: generate, based on echo signals reflected from an object, a first image showing a tissue of the object and a second image showing a contrast medium injected into the object; generate a third image by removing at least a portion of the tissue from the second image based on the first image; and display the generated third image.

Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of generating ultrasound image

Provided is a method of operating a medical imaging apparatus, comprising: acquiring a first image of a first type corresponding to a first respiratory state of an object; determining motion information of the object with respect to a respiratory state, based on first and second images of a second type respectively corresponding to the first respiratory state and a second respiratory state of the object; and generating a second image of the first type corresponding to the second respiratory state by applying the motion information to the first image of the first type.

Medical imaging apparatus and method of operating same

An image processing apparatus includes an input device configured to receive a computerized tomography image of a first respiration phase of an object; a data selector configured to select magnetic resonance image data similar to the object from among magnetic resonance image data; and an image generator configured to generate a computerized tomography image of a second respiration phase of the object based on the selected magnetic resonance image data.

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and ultrasound imaging apparatus having image processing unit

An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an image generator configured to scan an object to obtain an ultrasound image; a neural network configured to generate a virtual ultrasound image based on matching medical images of different modalities; an image converting part configured to convert a medical image of a different modality, previously obtained by scanning the object, into the virtual ultrasound image by using the neural network; and a matching part configured to determine a position of a virtual probe based on the ultrasound image and the virtual ultrasound image, and configured to match the ultrasound image with the medical image that corresponds to the determined position of the virtual probe.

Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same

A medical image display apparatus for displaying a medical image generated from first medical image data obtained from an object by a probe, including at least one processor configured to obtain information about a position at which tissue from the object is extracted by a needle, based on a signal received from a sensor attached to at least one from among the probe and the needle, and locate a tissue extraction position in the first medical image data based on the information, and a display configured to display a first medical image on which the tissue extraction position is marked, the first medical image being generated from the first medical image data.

Medical image display apparatus and method therefor

There is provided an image registration device and an image registration method. The device includes: a feature extractor configured to extract, from a first image, a first feature group and to extract, from a second image, a second feature group; a feature converter configured to convert, using a converted neural network in which a correlation between features is learned, the extracted second feature group to correspond to the extracted first feature group, to obtain a converted group; and a register configured to register the first image and the second image based on the converted group and the extracted first feature group.

Image registration device, image registration method, and ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus having image registration device

A method of medical image registration with respect to a volume of interest (VOI) and an apparatus for performing the method are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a first medical image of a selected section of the VOI, from a first medical apparatus, detecting a sectional image corresponding to the selected section from second medical images previously captured of the VOI, based on an anatomical feature appearing in the first medical image, mapping virtual coordinate schemes of the first and second medical images to produce a mapped virtual coordinate scheme, based on the detected sectional image and the first medical image, and tracking a movement of a section of the VOI captured by the first medical apparatus in the second medical images by using a mapped virtual coordinate scheme.

Method and apparatus for medical image registration

There are provided a medical imaging apparatus and a method for controlling a medical imaging apparatus. The medical imaging apparatus includes an image registering unit configured to register a pre-imaged medical image with respect to an object based on a first reference point included in the pre-imaged medical image and a second reference point of the object; a location detecting unit configured to detect a user's movement based on the second reference point; and a user interface configured to display a pre-imaged medical image corresponding to the detected movement of the user.

Medical imaging apparatus and method of controlling the same

Provided is a method and apparatus for tracking a tumor position, which changes by the movement of a body. According to various aspects, a location of a tumor position of a target organ may be estimated using images of one or more surrounding organs.

Method and apparatus for tracking a position of a tumor

A method and apparatus for performing registration of medical images includes mapping a virtual coordinate system used by a first medical apparatus and a virtual coordinate system used by a second medical apparatus to one another. The coordinate systems are associated with a real-time medical image captured by the first medical apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) medical image previously captured by the second medical apparatus, respectively. The method further includes detecting a position of a probe of the first medical apparatus from a coordinate system used by the second medical apparatus, based on a result of the mapping, determining a volume image corresponding to the detected position of the probe from the previously captured 3D medical image, and extracting from the determined volume image a cross-sectional image corresponding to the real-time medical image, where the real-time medical image changes according to a patient's physical movement.

Method and apparatus for performing registration of medical images

A method of generating therapeutic ultrasound that forms multi-foci by a therapeutic ultrasound probe, the method including: obtaining a medical image including anatomical information of a region of interest in a subject; calculating, by using the medical image, characteristics which influence traveling of therapeutic ultrasound with respect to tissues included in the region of interest; calculating, by using the calculated characteristics, a parameter of the therapeutic ultrasound for forming multi-foci in the region of interest; and generating the therapeutic ultrasound according to the calculated parameter.

Method, apparatus, and high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) system for generating ultrasound that forms multi-foci via medical image in region of interest

Provided is a mobile terminal having a sensor detecting movement thereof and an event processing method. The mobile terminal includes: an orientation detector for monitoring, in response to detection of an event, movement of the mobile terminal for a preset time duration to identify an orientation of the mobile terminal; and a controller for processing the event in an operating mode corresponding to the identified orientation. As a result, the user can readily switch operating modes of the mobile terminal by changing orientations thereof.

Mobile terminal and event processing method

An apparatus and a method are provided to generate an ultrasound to be transmitted from an ultrasound irradiation device. The apparatus and the method include acquiring a medical image including anatomical information about a subject, and calculating characteristics of a tissue in the subject, which may affect propagation of the ultrasound based on the medical image. The apparatus and method also determine a parameter of the ultrasound to create a focal point on the subject using the calculated characteristics, and generate the ultrasound according to the determined parameter.

Method, apparatus, and system for generating ultrasound

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