Title:
ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/072808
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
There are provided an ultrasonic imaging apparatus for imaging an ultrasonic signal and a method of controlling the same. A method of controlling an ultrasonic imaging apparatus according to an embodiment which uses a 2D array probe in which a plurality of elements are two-dimensionally arranged, the method includes setting an ultrasound to be transmitted using all of the plurality of elements and an echo ultrasound to be received using some predetermined elements among the plurality of elements, determining whether a section of interest of an object is included in a weak resolution region determined by the setting, and generating an ultrasound image of the section of interest according to a beamforming method corresponding to focusing of the transmitted ultrasound by transmitting the ultrasound and receiving the echo ultrasound in accordance with the setting when the section of interest is included in the weak resolution region.
Inventors:
PARK SU HYUN (KR)
KIM KYU HONG (KR)
KIM BAE HYUNG (KR)
SONG JONG KEUN (KR)
LEE SEUNG HEUN (KR)
CHO KYUNG IL (KR)
KIM KYU HONG (KR)
KIM BAE HYUNG (KR)
SONG JONG KEUN (KR)
LEE SEUNG HEUN (KR)
CHO KYUNG IL (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2014/011071
Publication Date:
May 21, 2015
Filing Date:
November 18, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)
International Classes:
A61B8/14; G01N29/24
Foreign References:
| US20030163046A1 | 2003-08-28 | |||
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| US20020005071A1 | 2002-01-17 | |||
| US5902241A | 1999-05-11 | |||
| JP2001000434A | 2001-01-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SELIM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM (Taewoo Bldg. 285,Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-862, KR)
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