Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130120648 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module is disclosed, the camera module including a lens barrel including more than one sheet of lens receiving an optical image of an object, an actuator moving the lens barrel, a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) formed with an image sensor at a bottom surface of the lens barrel for converting the optical image to an electrical signal, and a holder for supporting the lens barrel and the actuator and formed with a terminal electrically connected to the actuator, wherein an electrical contact point between the actuator and the terminal is formed with two or more tiers of coated layers. | 05-16-2013 |
20130231436 | REFLECTIVE BODY AND A LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A reflector and a light-emitting device including the same. The reflector includes a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin compound that includes a repeating unit derived from a hydroxybenzoic acid and a repeating unit derived from a hydroxynaphthoic acid, but does not include a repeating unit derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester resin compound further includes a white inorganic filler. | 09-05-2013 |
20130269304 | FIBER WEB, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND FILTER INCLUDING FIBER WEB - Disclosed are a fiberweb, a preparation method thereof, and a filter including the fiberweb. The fiberweb includes a wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester resin which includes a repeating unit induced from a hydroxybenzoic acid and a repeating unit induced from a hydroxynaphthoic acid, but does not include a repeating unit induced from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid. | 10-17-2013 |
20140028672 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING CENTRAL LINE - A method and apparatus are provided to correct a central line of a tubular object. The method and apparatus are configured to receive input information to move the central line so that at least a portion of the central line is located in the center of the tubular object. The method and apparatus are configured to fit a form of a region of the tubular object to ellipses when the input information is received. The region is formed by intersection points between a shape of the tubular object and a plane, and the plane comprises a predetermined number of points from among points of the central line. The method and apparatus are configured to correct a location of the central line using a central point of each of the fitted ellipses. | 01-30-2014 |
20140070150 | REFLECTOR AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A reflector and a light-emitting device including the same. The reflector includes a wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester amide resin compound that includes a repeating unit derived from a hydroxybenzoic acid, a repeating unit derived from a hydroxynaphthoic acid, and a repeating unit derived from an aminobenzoic acid, but does not include a repeating unit derived from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, wherein the wholly aromatic liquid crystalline polyester amide resin compound further includes a white inorganic filler. | 03-13-2014 |
20140119625 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTING IMAGE OF OBJECT FROM IMAGE OF ORGAN - A method, an apparatus, a computer readable recording medium, and a medical imaging system are provided for segmenting an image of an object from an image of an organ. The method includes: generating a reference model of the object by using a priori knowledge related to the object of the organ; determining whether the first image includes a first area in which a shape of the object is unidentified; and in response to determining that the first image excludes the first area, segmenting a second image of the object from the first image, and in response to determining that the first image includes the first area, estimating a progression direction of the first area from the reference model to segment the second image from the first image. | 05-01-2014 |
20140148690 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION - A method of medical image registration with respect to a volume of interest (VOI) and an apparatus for performing the method are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a first medical image of a selected section of the VOI, from a first medical apparatus, detecting a sectional image corresponding to the selected section from second medical images previously captured of the VOI, based on an anatomical feature appearing in the first medical image, mapping virtual coordinate schemes of the first and second medical images to produce a mapped virtual coordinate scheme, based on the detected sectional image and the first medical image, and tracking a movement of a section of the VOI captured by the first medical apparatus in the second medical images by using a mapped virtual coordinate scheme. | 05-29-2014 |
20140212014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REGISTRATION - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for registering images having different modalities. The medical image registration method includes performing, at an initial register, multi-modality registration of a reference image from a plurality of first images captured during a first breathing period and a second image; performing, at the initial register, single-modality registration of the reference image and each of the other first images; generating registration images between the plurality of first images and the second image based on the multi-modality registration and the single-modality registration; acquiring a third image captured after the first breathing period; and detecting an image corresponding to the third image from the registration images. | 07-31-2014 |
20140218359 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING CHANGES IN SHAPE AND LOCATION OF ORGAN IN RESPIRATION CYCLE - Provided is a method of generating a model, the method including generating a first model representing a change in the location or the shape of the region of interest during the respiration cycle, using diagnostic images that are obtained at two points of time in the respiration cycle and that represent the region of interest; extracting shape information of one or more tissues included in the region of interest at a shape information extractor, using a 3D ultrasound image that is obtained at one point of time in the respiration cycle; determining a characteristic point of the 3D ultrasound image corresponding to a characteristic point of the first model by matching the first model with the extracted shape information; and generating a second model by updating the first model with the determined characteristic point. | 08-07-2014 |
20140233794 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MOTION OF ORGAN - A method of tracking motion of an organ, includes receiving organ shape data that includes a shape of an organ of an examinee at a moment of motion of the examinee, and loading first to Nth interpolation curves that represent spatiotemporal motion of respective organs of other examinees, the organs of the other examinees being the same type as the organ of the examinee. The method further includes estimating an interpolation curve that represents a spatiotemporal motion of the organ of the examinee based on the first to Nth interpolation curves and the organ shape data. | 08-21-2014 |
20140235998 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGES - A method and apparatus for performing registration of medical images includes mapping a virtual coordinate system used by a first medical apparatus and a virtual coordinate system used by a second medical apparatus to one another. The coordinate systems are associated with a real-time medical image captured by the first medical apparatus and a three-dimensional (3D) medical image previously captured by the second medical apparatus, respectively. The method further includes detecting a position of a probe of the first medical apparatus from a coordinate system used by the second medical apparatus, based on a result of the mapping, determining a volume image corresponding to the detected position of the probe from the previously captured 3D medical image, and extracting from the determined volume image a cross-sectional image corresponding to the real-time medical image, where the real-time medical image changes according to a patient's physical movement. | 08-21-2014 |
20140316247 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING DEFORMATION OF ORGAN DURING RESPIRATION CYCLE - A method and apparatus of tracking a change in a region of interest in an subject according to respiration are provided. For example, an apparatus embodiment may include a model selector configured to select a model from among models of a region of interest of an subject generated to indicate a change in a region of interest during a respiration cycle of the subject, a respiration signal obtainer configured to obtaining a respiration signal of the region of interest by using ultrasound images including the region of interest obtained during the respiration cycle of the subject, and an information obtainer configured to obtain information regarding the region of interest at a time when the ultrasound images are obtained, from the selected model, by using the obtained respiration signal. | 10-23-2014 |