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US 10,327,738 B2Granted
Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method of processing ultrasound image thereof
AssigneeSamsung Medison Co., Ltd.
InventorsKi-wan Choi, Hyoung-ki Lee, Jun-ho Park
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Abstract
An ultrasound imaging apparatus and a method for operating the ultrasound imaging apparatus are provided. When providing an elasticity value to a user, the reliability of the elasticity value is provided to the user to enable the user to easily determine whether the elasticity value is an appropriate value.
Claims20
A method for processing an ultrasound image, the method comprising:
- inducing a shear wave inside an object;
- obtaining an ultrasound image of the object after inducing the shear wave;
- obtaining an elasticity value of the object based on the obtained ultrasound image;
- obtaining a residual value of a wave equation based on the obtained elasticity value and at least one of a particle velocity and a particle displacement;
- determining a reliability value based on a magnitude of the induced shear wave and the obtained residual value;
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- displaying, on a display, a respective representation of each of the obtained elasticity value and the determined reliability value.
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An ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to obtain an elasticity value of an object based on an ultrasound image which is obtained after inducing a shear wave inside the object, to obtain a residual value of a wave equation based on the obtained elasticity value and at least one of a particle velocity and a particle displacement, and to determine a reliability value based on a magnitude of the induced shear wave and the obtained residual value;
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- a display configured to display a respective representation of each of the obtained elasticity value and the determined reliability value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.