| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| D398059 |
Ultrasonic diagnostic unit for medical purposes |
September 8, 1998 |
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| 7621872 |
Method and apparatus for displaying a color flow image in an ultrasound diagnostic system |
November 24, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to a method and an ultrasound diagnostic system for displaying a 3-dimensional color flow image performing a transparency treatment for a predetermined region. The method of displaying a color flow image, comprises: a) forming a plurality of 2-dimensiona |
| 7507204 |
Apparatus and method for forming 3D ultrasound image |
March 24, 2009 |
| The present invention relates to a 3D ultrasound diagnostic forming a 3D ultrasound image only with volume data exiting within contour by automatically detecting the contour of a target object, comprising: a first unit for generating a region of interest (ROI) box on a 2D ultrasound |
| 7448583 |
Supporting device for a monitor for use in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus |
November 11, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a support device for a monitor for use in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, which enables a user to displace a monitor easily and diversely according to his or her posture, thereby providing convenience in use. The support device comprises: a base frame |
| 7436402 |
Rendering apparatus and method for a real-time 3D ultrasound diagnostic system |
October 14, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a rendering apparatus and method for a real-time 3D ultrasound diagnostic system, which can improve both the speed of rendering in a real-time manner 3D ultrasonic images and 2D ultrasonic images therefrom, based on the view operation for displaying u |
| 7334478 |
Device for guiding the movement of a transducer of an ultrasonic probe |
February 26, 2008 |
| The present invention relates to a device for guiding the movement of a transducer of an ultrasonic probe in an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus for acquiring a 3-dimensional ultrasound image. A pair of guide rails is disposed near both side-ends of the transducer and is disposed apart |
| 7280694 |
Apparatus and method for identifying an organ from an input ultrasound image signal |
October 9, 2007 |
| This invention discloses an apparatus and method for identifying an organ within a human body by calculating the distances of an input ultrasound image signal and the ultrasound image signals classified by the predetermined types of organs in a database, which is based on the feature |
| 7066886 |
Ultrasound imaging system and method based on simultaneous multiple transmit-focusing using weig |
June 27, 2006 |
| The present invention discloses an ultrasound imaging system and method based on simultaneous multiple transmit-focusing using the weighted orthogonal chirp signals so that resolution of an ultrasound image is enhanced without sacrifice in the frame rate. The ultrasound imaging syste |
| 6988991 |
Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging method and apparatus using lateral distance correlation fun |
January 24, 2006 |
| Disclosed is a three-dimensional ultrasound image method and apparatus for reducing distortions of ultrasound images by precisely estimating a distance between consecutive two-dimensional frames obtained by a manual scanning. The apparatus comprises a transducer array for transmitting |
| 6950112 |
Method and apparatus for producing a three-dimensional moving image |
September 27, 2005 |
| Disclosed is an apparatus and method for producing a three-dimensional (3D) moving image of a moving target object. The method comprises the steps of transmitting and receiving ultrasound signals to/from the moving target object; obtaining raw data; generating image frame data based on t |
| 6786097 |
Ultrasound imaging system and method using weighted chirp signals |
September 7, 2004 |
| An ultrasound imaging system and method for making a harmonic image of a good SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) by effectively removing fundamental frequency components through a pulse-compressing using weighted chirp signals, is provided. The ultrasound imaging system includes: a transducer |
| 6773403 |
Ultrasonic apparatus and method for measuring the velocities of human tissues using the doppler |
August 10, 2004 |
| Apparatuses and methods for measuring a velocity component of tissue and blood flow within a human body may generate sample data by transmitting ultrasound signals to and sampling echo signals reflected from the human body, generate frequency distribution data containing the velocity |
| 6764449 |
Method and apparatus for enabling a biopsy needle to be observed |
July 20, 2004 |
| A method and apparatus for enabling a biopsy needle to be observed in a three-dimensional ultrasound diagnostic system using an interventional ultrasound system. The apparatus comprises an ultrasound transducer, a three-dimensional image-forming section, a section for extracting a target |
| 6740034 |
Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging system for performing receive-focusing at voxels correspond |
May 25, 2004 |
| A three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound imaging system performs receive-focusing at voxels corresponding to pixels of a display device. The system comprises a display device; transducers for transmitting ultrasound signals toward the object and receiving echo signals from a voxel corresp |
| 6736780 |
Synthetic aperture focusing method for ultrasound imaging based on planar waves |
May 18, 2004 |
| Planar waves are transmitted to a target object with an angle of wave propagation corresponding to a center position of a receive subaperture. The echo signals reflected from the target object are received by the receive subaperture, stored in a receive pattern memory and dynamic-foc |
| 6733452 |
Ultrasound imaging method and apparatus for forming color images by using a variable power thres |
May 11, 2004 |
| An ultrasound imaging method and apparatus forms high-quality color ultrasound images by using variable power threshold levels depending on pixel position. The method comprises the steps of determining a power threshold level that is varied depending on a noise, transmitting ultrasou |
| 6719695 |
Transmit-focusing and beam-forming method and apparatus for providing adaptive scan-line |
April 13, 2004 |
| An adaptive transmit-focusing and beam-forming method and apparatus is provided, which in connection with beam-forming applies adaptive patterns of delay profiles to reflected ultrasonic pulses from a group of ultrasonic pulses, received by transducer arrays, forms multiple sets of p |
| 6669640 |
Ultrasound imaging system using multi-stage pulse compression |
December 30, 2003 |
| Disclosed is an ultrasound imaging system based on a multi-stage pulse compression and multi-stage time delaying scheme. In the ultrasound imaging system, a transducer array is grouped into a predetermined number of transducer groups, and the grouped ultrasound signals are processed |
| 6648824 |
Ultrasound imaging system for performing receiving focusing at points corresponding to display p |
November 18, 2003 |
| All RF data received by transducers in response to an ultrasonic signal that was transmit-focused on a point along a predetermined scan lines are stored to compute display data for those points of an object that do not necessarily correspond to the pixels of the screen of a display devic |
| 6622560 |
Ultrasound imaging method and apparatus based on pulse compression technique using a spread spec |
September 23, 2003 |
| An ultrasound imaging method forms an image of an object using signals reflected from the object after transmitting an ultrasound pulse to the object. In the method, at a first step, a predetermined first spread spectrum signal is converted to the ultrasound signal at one or more tra |
| 6547733 |
Ultrasound imaging apparatus and method using Golay codes with orthogonal property |
April 15, 2003 |
| Ultrasound images are obtained using a set of Golay codes with orthogonal property as ultrasound receiving and transmitting signals. Ultrasound signals having a plurality of codes are transmitted simultaneously by using the orthogonal property of the Golay codes. A superior signal-to |
| 6530890 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method for measuring blood flow velocity using doppler effec |
March 11, 2003 |
| An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method for measuring a blood flow velocity effectively select one of the positive frequency range and the negative frequency range to compute noise threshold, and determine a reliability of the computed noise threshold. A sample data generator s |
| 6514205 |
Medical digital ultrasonic imaging apparatus capable of storing and reusing radio-frequency (RF) |
February 4, 2003 |
| A storing method of a RF ultrasound pulse echo and a medical digital ultrasonic imaging apparatus capable of re-using the stored RF ultrasound pulse echo store and focus each RF ultrasound pulse echo received from a plurality of transducer elements in order to implement an ultrasonic ima |
| 6494837 |
System and method for three-dimensional ultrasound imaging using a steerable probe |
December 17, 2002 |
| A system and a method generate a 3-D image by fast computing the distance between adjacent 2-D images. The method comprises the steps of: producing a first main frame, a second main frame parallel to the first main frame, and a supplementary frame inclined at an angle with respect to the |
| 6447455 |
Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and method for measuring blood flow velocity using doppler effec |
September 10, 2002 |
| An ultrasound diagnostic system and a method for the same update a pulse repetition frequency(PRF) by sensing an aliasing of a sampled data. A sample data generator generates sample data by transmitting an ultrasound signal into a human body and sampling a reflected signal of the ultraso |
| 6350240 |
Ultrasound imaging method and apparatus based on pulse compression technique using modified gola |
February 26, 2002 |
| An ultrasound imaging method for forming an image of an object using received signals reflected from the object, received after transmitting an ultrasound pulse to the object. The inventive method comprises the steps of (a) transmitting a first set of the ultrasound pulses to the object |
| 6305225 |
Ultrasonic signal focusing method for ultrasonic imaging system |
October 23, 2001 |
| A focusing method plays a big role of determining a resolution of an ultrasonic image. Focusing is performed by controlling an arrival difference of a signal up to a focal point by an electronics delay circuit. Here, the focusing method for focusing an ultrasonic signal having emitte |
| 6292434 |
Method for forming a spherical wave by superposition of a plurality of limited plane waves |
September 18, 2001 |
| A spherical wave formation method by superposition of a plurality of limited plane waves is provided, in which a plurality of sufficiently small elements in a linear transducer transmits a spherical wave according to a predetermined delay pattern to thereby form a plurality of limited |
| 6279398 |
Method for realizing transmit focusing by synthesizing pulse patterned plane waves having same i |
August 28, 2001 |
| A method for realizing a transmit focusing in an ultrasonic imaging system is provided, which is a method for realizing a transmit focusing with respect to all imaging points by synthesizing pulse patterned plane waves having the same imaging point using transmit data and receive data wi |
| 6245018 |
Ultrasonic color doppler imaging system capable of discriminating artery and vein |
June 12, 2001 |
| An ultrasonic color Doppler imaging system capable of discriminating an artery and a vein discriminates types of blood vessels such as the artery and the vein, and discriminatively displays the discriminated result on a display. The blood vessel types of the artery and the vein are deter |
| 6231511 |
Ultrasonic signal focusing method and apparatus for ultrasonic imaging system |
May 15, 2001 |
| An ultrasonic signal focusing method and apparatus is provided, in which an ultrasonic signal reflected from an object is focused at all points from and to which transmission and reception are performed on a scan line. The ultrasonic signal focusing method includes an ultrasonic signal |
| 6126604 |
Ultrasonic color flow mapping(CFM) system and ultrasonic doppler signal filtering method |
October 3, 2000 |
| An ultrasonic color flow mapping system and a filtering method for filtering an ultrasonic Doppler signal are provided. The ultrasonic color flow mapping system includes a forward processing portion for excluding initial output data up to a predetermined number from outputs based on an |
| 5862064 |
Median filter apparatus and method therefor |
January 19, 1999 |
| A median filter can provide easier implementation and a simplified change of the degree. The median filter comprises an input end, a plurality of median cells for storing one data, wherein each of the median cells is connected to the input end, an upstream median cell and a downstream |
| 5820564 |
Method and apparatus for surface ultrasound imaging |
October 13, 1998 |
| An ultrasonic imaging apparatus is suitably configured such that certain ultrasound beams from a probe are diffused perpendicular to the scanning direction to thereby enable an ultrasonic image to be produced which approximates a surface image while certain other ultrasound beams are |
| 5777683 |
Ultrasonic imaging system adopting a non-interlaced scanning method |
July 7, 1998 |
| An ultrasonic imaging system for an ultrasonic imaging unit generating ultrasonic image data of an interlaced scanning mode, includes a display of a non-interlaced scanning mode and a scanning mode converter for converting ultrasonic image data of the interlaced scanning mode received |
| 5738099 |
Portable ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus |
April 14, 1998 |
| A portable ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising a pistol-shaped housing. A liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying a result of ultrasonic diagnosis is installed in a portion of the pistol-shaped housing and a single element probe is installed in the muzzle portion of the pi |
| 5717258 |
Switching system |
February 10, 1998 |
| The present invention relates to a manual and remote control switching system in which users can optionally turn on/off any load among a plurality of loads in different places. The switching system switches a power source being supplied to the plurality of loads by manipulating eithe |
| 5706817 |
Filtering method for ultrasonic color doppler imaging system |
January 13, 1998 |
| An ultrasonic color Doppler imaging system, and particularly a filtering method for removing a clutter signal from an ultrasonic image is provided. A modified infinite impulse response (IIR) filter to which a moving target indicator (MTI) principle is applied, can sufficiently suppress a |
| 5671745 |
Digital scan converter for ultrasonic scan system using uniform ladder algorithm |
September 30, 1997 |
| A digital scan converter for an ultrasonic scan system having a plurality of probes, includes a clock generator for generating sampling clock and image display clock corresponding to a currently used probe, a first-in-first-out (FIFO) memory for storing and outputting the data acquir |
| 5669384 |
Real time digital reception focusing method and apparatus adopting the same |
September 23, 1997 |
| A real time digital reception focusing apparatus calculates a focusing delay time using information on the center of array transducing element, a corresponding transducing element and a scan line. The focusing delay time with respect to each transducing element is calculated by each tran |
| 5581036 |
Bandwidth sampling technique for digital focusing in array imaging systems |
December 3, 1996 |
| The present invention-relates to an ultrasonic array imaging system for focusing ultrasonic signals which are reflected from an object to be imaged and received by an array transducer. A digital focusing method and system in accordance with the present invention compensates for phase |
