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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Gangwon-do, KR;
Dong Kuk Shin, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Hongcheon-Gun, Gangwon-Do, KR;
Abstract
A processor is configured to perform an image process upon an ultrasound image to thereby detect a center of a blood vessel from the ultrasound image. The processor is configured to set the center of the blood vessel as an optimal focal point position. The processor is configured to calculate a plurality of steering angles, a plurality of transmit (Tx) frequencies and a plurality of sound speeds. The processor is further configured to form a plurality of ultrasound images corresponding to each of the steering angles, the Tx frequencies and the sound speeds based on the ultrasound data, detect a signal to noise ratio (SNR), a number of edge points of the blood vessel and a contrast difference between pixels for each of the second ultrasound images to thereby detect an optimal steering angle, an optimal Tx frequency and an optimal sound speed.