Method and apparatus for displaying stereoscopic information related to ultrasound sectional plane of target object

A method of displaying a three-dimensional M-mode image related to an ultrasound sectional plane of a target object, the method comprising:

• setting a line of interest on the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object based on a received input;
• obtaining brightness information including brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line of interest;
• converting a two-dimensional M-mode image related to the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object into the three-dimensional M-mode image based on the obtained brightness information;
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• displaying the three-dimensional M-mode image related to the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object in a stereoscopic space,
• wherein the displaying the three-dimensional M-mode image comprises displaying information in which the brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line are represented by height values on a first axis of the stereoscopic space.

A method of displaying a three-dimensional image representing a location and motion information of an ultrasound sectional plane of a target object, the method comprising:

• setting a line of interest on the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object based on a received input;
• obtaining brightness information including brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line of interest;
• converting a two-dimensional image representing the location and the motion information by using the brightness information into the three-dimensional image representing the location and the motion information by using height information corresponding to the brightness information;
• and
• displaying the three-dimensional image based on the height information in a stereoscopic space,
• wherein the displaying the three-dimensional image comprises displaying information in which the brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane are represented by height values on a first axis of the stereoscopic space.

An apparatus for displaying stereoscopic information related to an ultrasound sectional plane of a target object, the apparatus comprising:

• a line setting determiner configured to set a line of interest on the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object based on a received input;
• a brightness information obtainer configured to obtain brightness information including brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line of interest;
• an information converter configured to convert the obtained ultrasound signal to representing the stereoscopic information in a three-dimensional manner;
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• a display configured to display the stereoscopic information related to the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object in a stereoscopic space,
• wherein the display is further configured to display the stereoscopic information such that information in which the brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line are represented by height values on a first axis of the stereoscopic space.

An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional M-mode image related to an ultrasound sectional plane of a target object, the apparatus comprising:

• a line setting determiner configured to set a line of interest on the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object based on a received input;
• a brightness information obtainer configured to obtain brightness information including brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line of interest;
• an information converter configured to convert a two-dimensional M-mode image related to the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object into the three-dimensional M-mode image based on the obtained brightness information;
• and
• a display configured to display the three-dimensional M-mode image related to the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object in a stereoscopic space,
• wherein the display is further configured to display the three-dimensional M-mode image such that information in which the brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line are represented by height values on a first axis of the stereoscopic space.

An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional image representing a location and motion information of an ultrasound sectional plane of a target object, the apparatus comprising:

• a line setting determiner configured to set a line of interest on the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object based on a received input;
• a brightness information obtainer configured to obtain brightness information including brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line of interest;
• an information converter configured to convert a two-dimensional image representing the location and the motion information by using the brightness information into the three-dimensional image representing the location and the motion information by using height information including height values corresponding to the brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line;
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• a display configured to display the three-dimensional image in a three-dimensional manner based on the height information such that the brightness values of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line are represented by the height values on a first axis of the stereoscopic space.