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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
May. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Young Ihn Kho, Seoul, KR;
Sun Kwon Kim, Suwon-si, KR;
Sung Chan Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Hee Sae Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/464 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01); A61B 8/5269 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 8/565 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ultrasonic imaging method includes emitting ultrasonic pulses in different directions and acquiring ultrasonic echo signals from an object, calculating an attenuation rate of the ultrasonic echo signals, correcting the acquired ultrasonic echo signals based on the attenuation rate, and outputting the corrected ultrasonic echo signals as an ultrasonic image.