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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/485 (2013.01); G01S 7/52022 (2013.01); G01S 7/52042 (2013.01); G01S 15/892 (2013.01); A61B 8/4488 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of generating an ultrasound elastic image includes: inducing a shear wave that propagates in a second direction by transmitting a first ultrasound signal including a push signal to an object in a first direction, by a curved array probe; transmitting a second ultrasound signal to the object and receiving an echo signal reflected by the object in response to the second ultrasound signal, via the curved array probe; and generating an elastic image of the object by using the received echo signal. The second ultrasound signal includes a plane wave having a straight line waveform parallel to the second direction.