Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and control method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Medison Co., Ltd.
InventorsGilju Jin, Mijeoung Ahn, Seungju Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a control method thereof. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a display, and at least one processor. The at least one processor obtains ultrasound image data acquired by an ultrasonic probe, recognizes at least one anatomical feature from the obtained ultrasound image data, automatically acquires at least one reference plane image based on the recognized at least one anatomical feature, and displays the acquired at least one reference plane image on the display.
Claims20
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe;
- a display;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- obtain ultrasound image data from the ultrasonic probe via a wired or wireless communication interface;
- pre-store a landmark list that should be included in a reference plane,
- wherein the landmark list includes at least one anatomical feature;
- recognize, from the ultrasound image data, anatomical features that should be included in the landmark list based on a similarity between an object in the ultrasound image data and landmarks in the pre-stored landmark list;
- automatically acquire the ultrasound image data as a reference plane image based on at least a predetermined number of the anatomical features being recognized from the ultrasound image data;
- and
- display the acquired reference plane image on the display.
A method of controlling an ultrasonic imaging apparatus, the method comprising steps of:
- obtaining ultrasound image data acquired by an ultrasonic probe;
- pre-storing a landmark list that should be included in a reference plane,
- wherein the landmark list includes at least one anatomical feature;
- recognizing, from the ultrasound image data, anatomical features that should be included in the landmark list based on a similarity between an object in the ultrasound image data and landmarks in the pre-stored landmark list;
- automatically acquiring the ultrasound image data as a reference plane image based on at least a predetermined number of the anatomical features being recognized from the ultrasound image data;
- and
- displaying the acquired reference plane image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.