Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090171209 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING ULTRASOUND IMAGES - The present invention relates to an ultrasound diagnostic device. The ultrasound diagnostic device comprises: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of consecutive image frames based on ultrasound echoes reflected from a target object; an image processing unit configured to form preview images of the image frames, wherein the preview images are stored in the storage unit in association with the corresponding image frames; and a user input unit allowing a user to input a selection instruction for selecting one of the preview images, wherein the image processing unit is further configured to read out an image frame corresponding to the selected preview image from the storage unit in response to the selection instruction. | 07-02-2009 |
20100056920 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ORIENTATION HELP VIEW - The present invention relates to an ultrasound system and a method of providing orientation help (OH). The ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit including an ultrasound probe for transmitting ultrasound signals to a target object and receiving ultrasound echo signals reflected from the target object, the ultrasound data acquisition unit being configured to acquire ultrasound data based on the ultrasound echo signals, the ultrasound data acquisition unit being further configured to detect an orientation and a scanning direction of the ultrasound probe; and a processor for forming a volume data based on the ultrasound data and forming an orientation help (OH) view showing a spatial orientation of volume data on a display region, the OH view including a probe orientation marker indicating the detected orientation of the ultrasound probe and a scanning direction marker indicating the detected scanning direction. | 03-04-2010 |
20110172532 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENT OF SCAN ANGLE, SCAN DEPTH AND SCAN SPEED IN AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - An ultrasound system includes an ultrasound data acquisition unit, which is responsive to predetermined scan angle, scan depth and scan speed, configured to repeatedly transmit an ultrasound signal to a target object and receive an ultrasound echo reflected from the target object to form a plurality of ultrasound frame data sets. It also includes a processing unit configured to form a plurality of volume data sets each having a plurality of frames based on the plurality of ultrasound frame data sets and form at least two 2-dimensional ultrasound images based on the volume data sets. The processing unit is further configured to detect contours of the target object from the 2-dimensional ultrasound images and adjust the predetermined scan angle, scan depth and scan speed based on the detected contours. | 07-14-2011 |
20120123266 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PREVIEW IMAGE - There is disclosed an embodiment for providing a preview image. An ultrasound data acquisition unit transmits and receives ultrasound signals to and from a target object to acquire a plurality of ultrasound data. A processor forms volume data by using the plurality of ultrasound data. The processor further sets a plurality of rendering directions corresponding to a plurality of geometries and renders the volume data along the plurality of respective rendering directions to form a plurality of preview images. | 05-17-2012 |