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US 2008/0077009 A1Published application
Apparatus and method for forming an ultrasound image
AssigneeMedison Co., Ltd.
InventorsJae Keun LEE, Chi Young Ahn
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention may provide an apparatus and method for forming an ultrasound image, wherein an ultrasound signal is transmitted and received along a scan line determined based on a virtual common point at each of a plurality of transducers. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the image frames (as many as desired) for forming a composite image may be obtained, thereby ultimately causing the quality of the ultrasound image to be enhanced.
Claims16
An apparatus for forming an ultrasound image, comprising:
- a plurality of transducers each being operable to transmit and receive an ultrasound signal along a scan line determined based on a virtual common point.
A method for forming an ultrasound image, comprising:
- transmitting and receiving an ultrasound signal along a scan line determined based on a virtual common point at each of a plurality of transducers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.