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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd., Gangwon-do, KR;
Inventor:
Nam-Woong Kim, Gangwon-do, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Hongcheon-Gun, Gangwon-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01); G01S 15/89 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/523 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 8/4444 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/466 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); G01S 7/5205 (2013.01); G01S 7/52063 (2013.01); G01S 7/52073 (2013.01); G01S 7/52074 (2013.01); A61B 8/0866 (2013.01); G01S 15/8993 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of providing an ultrasound image, the method including: marking a cut line or a cut surface on a 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image of an object which is obtained by using a probe, wherein the cut line and the cut surface are used to view a cross section of the 3D ultrasound image; detecting motion information about the probe by using a sensor included in the probe; and changing a location of the cut line or the cut surface based on the detected motion information about the probe.