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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:
Kurt Sandstrom, Seoul, KR;
Tae-yun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yoon-chang Lee, Jeongeup-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Hongcheon-Gun, Gangwon-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G01S 7/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/485 (2013.01); A61B 8/48 (2013.01); G01S 7/52071 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01); G01S 7/5205 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus providing a map of an interest index. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a calculating unit for calculating a mechanical index (MI) corresponding to a depth value in a direction in which ultrasound travels from an ultrasound output part of a transmission transducer; a visualization unit for generating an MI map in which a relationship between the calculated MI and the depth value is visualized in the form of a graph; and a display unit for displaying the MI map.