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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2015
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Kyuhong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Youngihn Kho, Seoul, KR;
Baehyung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Suhyun Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jongkeun Song, Yongin-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an ultrasonic probe configured to transmit an ultrasound to an object, receive an echo signal reflected from the object, and output the echo signal; a quality determiner configured to receive the echo signals and determine quality of voxels of a three-dimensional (3D) volume of the object to be rendered based on observation information of the 3D volume; and a beamformer configured to perform beamforming on the echo signal based on the quality of the voxels to generate an output signal.