Method for automatically detecting mid-sagittal plane by using ultrasound image and apparatus thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHae-kyung Jung, Hee-chul Yoon, Hyun-taek Lee, Yong-je Kim, Jae-hyun Kim, Young-ho Moon
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Abstract
Provided are a method and apparatus for automatically detecting a mid-sagittal plane of an object by using an ultrasonic image. The method includes obtaining an ultrasonic image for detecting the mid-sagittal plane; detecting a face of the object from the ultrasonic image; detecting a landmark from the detected face; detecting landmark information which includes at least one of brightness and a form of the detected landmark; and detecting a mid-sagittal plane of the object by using the landmark information.
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A method of detecting a mid-sagittal plane of an object by using an ultrasonic image, the method comprising:
- obtaining an ultrasonic image for detecting the mid-sagittal plane;
- detecting a face of the object from the ultrasonic image;
- detecting a landmark from the detected face;
- detecting landmark information which comprises at least one of brightness and a form of the detected landmark;
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- detecting a mid-sagittal plane of the object by using the landmark information.
A method of detecting a mid-sagittal plane of an object, the method comprising:
- obtaining an ultrasonic image for detecting the mid-sagittal plane;
- detecting a face of the object from the ultrasonic image;
- detecting face form information of the object based on the detected face;
- comparing the face form information to a reference value;
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- based on a result of the comparing, detecting the mid-sagittal plane of the object based on a difference between the face form information and the reference value.
An ultrasonic image processing apparatus configured to detect a mid-sagittal plane of an object, the apparatus comprising:
- an image receiver configured to receive at an ultrasonic image for detecting the mid-sagittal plane;
- a detection controller configured to detect a face of the object from the ultrasonic image, to detect a landmark from the detected face, to detect landmark information which comprises at least one of a location, brightness, a form and a reference value of the landmark, and to detect a mid-sagittal plane of the object by using the landmark information;
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- a landmark information storage configured to store the landmark information.
An ultrasonic image processing apparatus configured to detect a mid-sagittal plane of an object, the apparatus comprising:
- an image receiver configured to receive at least one ultrasonic image for detecting the mid-sagittal plane from an external device;
- a face form information storage configured to store a reference value of a face form of the object;
- a detection controller configured to detect a face of the object from the ultrasonic image, detect form information of the detected face, set a window which comprises the face in order to detect the face form of the detected face and, based on a result of comparing the detected face form to the reference value, detect the mid-sagittal plane of the object based on a difference between the reference value and the detected face form.
An ultrasonic apparatus, comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe configured to obtain an ultrasound of an object;
- a landmark detector configured to detect a visual landmark displayed in the ultrasound, the visual landmark being associated with the object;
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- a detection controller configured to detect a mid-sagittal plane of the object based on the visual landmark.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.