Direction dependent multi-mode ultrasound imaging
AssigneeSamsung Medison Co., Ltd.
InventorsMose Kim, Yoonchang Lee
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Abstract
Provided is an ultrasound imaging apparatus including a display, a memory storing one or more instructions, and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein, by executing the one or more instructions, the processor is further configured to generate at least one contrast-enhanced image of an object based on first ultrasonic signals obtained when a probe sweeps the object in a first direction, generate at least one ultrasonic image of the object based on second ultrasonic signals obtained when the probe sweeps the object in a second direction different from the first direction, and control the display to display the at least one contrast-enhanced image and the at least one ultrasonic image.
Claims18
An ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising:
- a display;
- a memory storing one or more instructions;
- and
- a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory,
- wherein, by executing the one or more instructions, the processor is further configured to:
- generate at least one contrast-enhanced image corresponding to at least one first cross-section of an object based on first ultrasonic signals obtained when a probe sweeps the object in a first direction;
- generate at least one ultrasonic image corresponding to at least one second cross-section of the object based on second ultrasonic signals obtained when the probe sweeps the object in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
- and
- control the display to display the at least one contrast-enhanced image and the at least one ultrasonic image,
- wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to perform compensation for the first ultrasonic signals by applying a first gain value to the first ultrasonic signals obtained from a first area in which the at least one first cross-section and the at least one second cross-section intersect each other and applying a second gain value to the first ultrasonic signals obtained from areas other than the first area, and
- wherein the first gain value is set to be greater than the second gain value.
A method of operating an ultrasound imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
- generating at least one contrast-enhanced image corresponding to at least one first cross-section of an object based on first ultrasonic signals obtained when a probe sweeps the object in a first direction;
- generating at least one ultrasonic image corresponding to at least one second cross-section of the object based on second ultrasonic signals obtained when the probe sweeps the object in a second direction opposite to the first direction;
- and
- displaying the at least one contrast-enhanced image and the at least one ultrasonic image,
- wherein the generating of the at least one contrast-enhanced image of the object includes performing compensation for the first ultrasonic signals by applying a first gain value to the first ultrasonic signals obtained from a first area in which the at least one first cross-section and the at least one second cross-section intersect each other and applying a second gain value to the first ultrasonic signals obtained from areas other than the first area, and
- wherein the first gain value is set to be greater than the second gain value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.