Method, apparatus, and system for generating body marker indicating object

An apparatus for generating a body marker, the apparatus comprising:

• a display configured to display a medical image showing an object, which is an organ of a human;
• and
• a controller configured to select a first body marker having a first shape of the object from among a plurality of prestored body markers based on information of a current shape of the object, and generate a second body marker, wherein the first body marker shows a picture that represents the object in the medical image,
• wherein the display is further configured to display the first body marker and display guide images, that guide a change in the first shape, a position, or an orientation of the first body marker to modify the first body marker to be a second body marker, in the first body marker if the first body marker does not reflect the current shape or a location of the object shown in the medical image, wherein the guide images include a first guide image for rotating the first body marker along a predetermined central axis based on a first user input, a second guide image for rotating a portion of the first body marker toward the second guide image based on a second user input, and a third guide image for rotating the portion of the first body marker in clockwise or counterclockwise direction based on a third user input,
• wherein the apparatus further comprises an input device configured to receive at least one user input of selecting a predetermined point on the guide images, dragging from one point to another point on the guide images, and flipping the first body marker about a predetermined axis of the first body marker to generate an inverse image of the first body marker as the second body marker,
• wherein the controller is further configured to generate the second body marker that reflects the current shape or the location of the object by modifying the first body marker based on the at least one user input,
• wherein the display displays the second body marker in the medical image of the object.

An ultrasound diagnosis system comprising:

• a probe configured to transmit ultrasound signals to an object and receive echo signals that correspond to the ultrasound signals;
• a display;
• an ultrasound imaging device;
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the ultrasound imaging device, perform operations comprising:
• generating a medical image showing the object, which is an organ of a human, based on the echo signals;
• displaying the medical image;
• selecting a first body marker having a first shape of the object from among a plurality of prestored body markers based on information of a current shape of the object shown in the medical image, wherein the first body marker shows a picture that represents the object in the medical image;
• displaying the first body marker and displaying guide images, that guide a change in the first shape, a position, or an orientation of the first body marker to modify the first body marker to be a second body marker, in the first body marker if the first body marker does not reflect a current shape or a location of the object shown in the medical image, wherein the guide images include a first guide image for rotating the first body marker along a predetermined central axis based on a first user input, a second guide image for rotating a portion of the first body marker toward the second guide image based on a second user input, and a third guide image for rotating the portion of the first body marker in clockwise or counterclockwise direction based on a third user input;
• receiving at least one user input of selecting a predetermined point on the guide images, dragging from one point to another point on the guide images, and flipping the first body marker about a predetermined axis of the first body marker to generate an inverse image of the first body marker as the second body marker;
• obtaining the second body marker that reflects the current shape or the location of the object by modifying a shape of the first body marker based on the at least one user input;
• and
• displaying the second body marker in the medical image of the object.