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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Youngtaek Oh, Seoul, KR;
Jungbae Kim, Seoul, KR;
Jayeon Jeong, Yongin-si, KR;
Youngkyoo Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Wonchul Bang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/5261 (2013.01); A61B 8/4245 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for registering medical images includes a processor configured to acquire, via an ultrasound probe, a first cross-section of a first medical image, the first cross-section comprising a reference point of an object; and a memory configured to store a second medical image. The processor is configured to obtain a second cross-section of the second medical image corresponding to the first cross-section by using the reference point, and register the first and second medical images with each other.