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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11633174 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2022

Ultrasound system and signal processing unit configured for time gain and lateral gain compensation

Applicant:

Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Gangwon-do, KR;

Inventors:

Doo Sik Lee, Seoul, KR;

Mi Jeoung Ahn, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-Do, KR;

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sanjay Cattungal

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04847 (2022.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/467 (2013.01); A61B 8/00 (2013.01); A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/46 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/462 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); G01S 7/52033 (2013.01); G01S 7/52084 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 6/467 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides an ultrasound system, which comprises: a signal acquiring unit to transmit an ultrasound signal to an object and acquire an echo signal reflected from the object; a signal processing unit to control TGC (Time Gain Compensation) and LGC (Lateral Gain Compensation) of the echo signal; a TGC/LGC setup unit adapted to set TGC and LGC values based on TGC and LGC curves inputted by a user; and an image producing unit adapted to produce an ultrasound image of the object based on the echo signal. The signal processing unit is further adapted to control the TGC and the LGC of the echo signal based on the TGC and LGC values set by the TGC/LGC setup unit.

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