Ultrasound system and signal processing unit configured for Time Gain and Lateral Gain Compensation
AssigneeSamsung Medison Co., Ltd.
InventorsDoo Sik Lee, Mi Jeoung Ahn
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Abstract
The present invention provides an ultrasound system, which comprises: a signal acquiring unit to transmit an ultrasound signal to an object and acquire an echo signal reflected from the object; a signal processing unit to control TGC (Time Gain Compensation) and LGC (Lateral Gain Compensation) of the echo signal; a TGC/LGC setup unit adapted to set TGC and LGC values based on TGC and LGC curves inputted by a user; and an image producing unit adapted to produce an ultrasound image of the object based on the echo signal. The signal processing unit is further adapted to control the TGC and the LGC of the echo signal based on the TGC and LGC values set by the TGC/LGC setup unit.
Claims20
An ultrasound system, comprising:
- a probe configured for transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object and receiving echo signals reflected from the object;
- a touch panel;
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- a processor configured to receive, via the touch panel, a user's single curve touch input, the user's single curve touch input within a region where multiple vertical lines are visually displayed to intersect successively with two or more of multiple vertical lines, each of the multiple vertical lines corresponding to different lateral positions of an ultrasound image, and to adjust lateral gain compensation (LGC) values based on the successive intersection of the curve received by user's single curve touch input with the two or more of the multiple vertical lines,
- wherein the processor is configured to decide LGC values of two or more lateral positions of the ultrasound image corresponding to the two or more vertical lines of the multiple vertical lines, based on the successive intersection of the curve received by the user's single curve touch input with the two or more vertical lines.
An ultrasound system, comprising:
- a probe configured for transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object and receiving echo signals reflected from the object;
- a touch panel configured for receiving a single lateral gain compensation (LGC) curve touch input, the single LGC curve touch input within a region where multiple vertical lines are visually displayed to intersect successively with two or more of the multiple vertical lines, each of the multiple vertical lines corresponding to different lateral positions on the touch panel;
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- a processor configured for adjusting LGC setting for an ultrasound image of the object based on the successive intersection of the single LGC curve touch input with two or more of the multiple vertical lines.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.