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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Gangwon-do, KR;
Kang Sik Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Tai-Kyong Song, Seoul, KR;
Sung Ho Kim, Seoul, KR;
Sua Bae, Seoul, KR;
Hyunwoo Song, Seoul, KR;
Jintae Jang, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO. LTD., Gangwon-Do, KR;
Abstract
Provided is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including: an inputter configured to receive an input of a region of interest (ROI) from a user; a beamformer configured to perform transmission/reception focusing with respect to a virtual source to be used for a synthetic aperture focusing method; a display; and a main controller configured to determine a position of the virtual source on the basis of an image quality in the received ROI and control the display to display the determined position of the virtual source.