Ultrasound system in which an ultrasound probe and a display device are wirelessly connected with each other and method for controlling ultrasound system in which an ultrasound probe and a display device are wirelessly connected with each other

An ultrasound system comprising:

• an ultrasound probe and an image display device that are wirelessly connected to each other,
• wherein the image display device is configured to display a compound image based on a plurality of frame image information data items generated by the ultrasound probe, where the frame image information data is a signal obtained by performing attenuation correction according to a depth of a reflection position of the ultrasonic waves and an envelope detection process on a sound ray signal, or an ultrasound image signal obtained by performing attenuation correction according to a depth of a reflection position of the ultrasonic waves and an envelope detection process on the sound ray signal and converting the sound ray signal according to a predetermined image display method,
• the ultrasound probe includes:
• a transducer array;
• a processor configured to:
• perform transmission and reception of ultrasonic waves based on a transmission and reception sequence using the transducer array to generate the sound ray signal, and
• generate the plurality of frame image information data items based on the sound ray signal;
• and
• a wireless communication device configured to sequentially wirelessly transmit the plurality of frame image information data items generated by the processor in the ultrasound probe to the image display device, and
• the image display device includes:
• a monitor;
• a processor configured to:
• determine a steering angle range of each of the plurality of frame image information data items wirelessly transmitted through the wireless communication device of the ultrasound probe,
• determine to combine the plurality of frame image information data items corresponding to a plurality of images having different steering angle ranges, in a case where frame image information data items corresponding to all of the steering angles needed to compose one compound image data are received from the ultrasound probe,
• determine not to combine the plurality of frame image information data items, in a case where only a part of the frame image information data items corresponding to all of the steering angles needed to compose the one compound image data are received from the ultrasound probe,
• once the plurality of frame image information data items are determined to be combined,
• combine the plurality of frame image information data items corresponding to the plurality of images having different steering angle ranges to generate the compound image data, and
• display on the monitor the compound image based on the compound image data, and
• once the plurality of frame image information data items are determined not to be combined,
• stop combining the plurality of frame image information data items, and
• continue to display on the monitor the latest compound image which has already been generated and displayed on the monitor.