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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2014
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Life Public Welfare Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Moon-Ho Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Ye-Hoon Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yeong-Kyeong Seong, Yongin-si, KR;
Baek-Hwan Cho, Seoul, KR;
Min Woo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Life and Welfare Foundation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for combining three-dimensional ultrasound images are provide. The method involves obtaining a plurality of three-dimensional ultrasound image data that corresponds to a Region of Interest (ROI); detecting one or more landmarks, using a parameter for detection; outputting the detection result and receiving a response from a user; registering each of one or more selected landmarks as link information according to a received response from the user; and generating a combined three-dimensional ultrasound image by combining at least two pieces of three-dimensional ultrasound image data using at least one of the one or more selected landmarks registered as the link information, wherein the at least two pieces of three-dimensional ultrasound image data commonly comprise the at least one of the one or more selected landmarks.