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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Jae Keun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Chi Young Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Jae Keun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Chi Young Ahn, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Medison Co., Ltd., Hongchun-gun, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may provide an apparatus and method for forming an ultrasound image, wherein an ultrasound signal is transmitted and received along a scan line determined based on a virtual common point at each of a plurality of transducers. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the image frames (as many as desired) for forming a composite image may be obtained, thereby ultimately causing the quality of the ultrasound image to be enhanced.