Abstract: An apparatus for displaying sectional planes of a target object utilizing 3 dimensional (3D) ultrasound data. The apparatus is capable of scanning the target object in real time by improving a scan conversion speed and virtually scans the target object by storing previously acquired 3D data. The apparatus, which displays a target object by using 3D ultrasound data, includes 1) a scan conversion unit for performing scan conversion to convert Cartesian coordinates for display on a screen of a display device to conical coordinates of 3D data, and 2) a rendering unit for rendering multiple sectional plane images, based on the 3D scan conversion, parallel with a reference sectional plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for rendering volume data in an ultrasound diagnostic system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for processing an ultrasound image of a target object including a periodically moving object, including: an ROI setting unit for setting regions of interest (ROIs) to each of frames constituting ultrasound volume data acquired from a target object; a VOI setting unit for selecting a predetermined number of first reference frames from the ultrasound volume data and setting a predetermined number of volumes of interest (VOIs) by combining ROIs of the first reference frames with ROIs of frames adjacent to the reference frames; a motion compensating unit for processing the VOIs to compensate a motion of the target object; a correlation coefficient curve calculating unit for calculating a correlation coefficient curve for a predetermined interval at each VOI; a period setting unit for setting a moving period of the moving object based on the correlation coefficient curve in the volume data; and an ultrasound volume data reconstructing unit for reconstructing the ultras

Abstract: 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 ultrasonic images for a target object and the speed of scanning and converting 3D data.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention may provide an image processing system and method for calculating the volume of a specific portion in a targeted body. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an image processing system may comprise a volume data receiver, a user interface, a display and a main processor. The volume data receiver may form volume data of a target object based on image data thereof. The user interface may receive reference section information on a reference section of the target object, slice section information on a plurality of slice sections each being perpendicular to the reference section and contour information from a user. The display may form an image of the reference section and images of the slice sections based on the volume data. The main processor may set a reference sectional object and slice sectional objects based on the reference section information and the slice section information, respectively.

Abstract: There is provided an ultrasound imaging system, which includes: an ultrasound diagnostic unit for providing 3D volume data of an object and its neighboring region, wherein the 3D volume data is formed with a number of frames; a pre-processing unit for selecting a predetermined number of key frames from the frames; a segmentation unit for segmenting each of the key frames into object regions and non-object regions; a texture-based region classifying and merging unit for classifying the object and the non-object regions into object and non-object sub-regions based on the texture thereof, and removing the non-object sub-regions and merging the object sub-regions; a surface determining unit for extracting contours of the object in the key frames and determining a 3D surface of the object by connecting the contours; and a rendering unit for forming masked volume with the 3D surface and forming a 3D ultrasound image of the object by rendering the masked volume.

Abstract: An object separating method separates a target object from an ultrasound image. Specifically, first of all, a set of two dimensional (2D) ultrasound images are combined to provide volume data. Then, a rotational axis to rotate the volume data and two points as reference points are set, wherein the two points are points where the rotational axis and the target object intersect. Thereafter, the volume data is rotated by a predetermined angle around the rotational axis to generate a 2D ultrasound image for each rotated angle, wherein the rotating process is repeatedly performed until the volume data is rotated by a preset angle. A contour of each 2D ultrasound image is extracted and vertices on the contour are set to thereby provide contours with vertices. The vertices of each of the contours are wired and processed to provide a 3D image of the target object.