Ultrasonic imaging device and method for controlling same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung Chan PARK, Jong Keun SONG, Joo Young KANG, Jung Ho KIM
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Abstract
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, an ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe for transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target object and receiving ultrasonic waves reflected from the object; a beamforming unit for beamforming the received ultrasonic wave and outputting a beamforming signal; a sampling unit for adjusting the number of sampling times of the beamforming signal according to the amount of motion of the object; and an image processing unit for matching and synthesizing the sampled signals.
Claims16
An ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising:
- an ultrasonic probe for transmitting ultrasonic waves to a target object and receiving ultrasonic waves reflected from the object;
- a beamforming unit for beamforming the received ultrasonic wave and outputting a beamforming signal;
- a sampling unit for adjusting the number of sampling times of the beamforming signal according to the amount of motion of the object;
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- an image processing unit for matching and synthesizing the sampled signals.
A control method for an ultrasound imaging apparatus, the method comprising:
- transmitting ultrasonic waves to an object, receiving ultrasonic waves reflected from the object;
- outputting a beamforming signal by beamforming the received ultrasonic waves;
- sampling the number of times of the beam-forming signal differently according to the amount of motion of the target object;
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- matching and synthesizing the sampled signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.