Abstract: A device includes a display unit configured to display an on-screen keyboard for inputting data in a first input field from among a plurality of input fields, and to display on the on-screen keyboard identification information of at least one input field from among the plurality of input fields, except for the first input field; a user input unit for receiving a user input selecting one of a plurality of pieces of identification information of the at least one input field; and a control unit for determining the at least one input field whose identification information is selected as a second input field in which data is to be input via the on-screen keyboard.
Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a method of processing an ultrasound image. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes a display configured to display a moving image consisting of a plurality of ultrasound images that are played back according to a time order together with at least one icon, corresponding to at least one piece of change information for changing a display of at least one of the plurality of ultrasound images, in association with the time order.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 10, 2019
Publication date:
November 14, 2019
Applicant:
Samsung Medison Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Tae-jin PARK, Dae-woong Kang, Yea-chan Choi
Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method capable of efficiently measuring the volume of an object is provided. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound image data regarding a object including a target bone which is to be diagnosed, and an image processing unit configured to acquire first information about at least one selected from a location of the target bone within an ultrasound image and a length of the target bone, based on volume data included in the ultrasound image data, acquire a boundary surface of a soft tissue that is adjacent to the target bone, based on the first information, and automatically acquire a volume of an interior of the boundary surface of the soft tissue.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 1, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 12, 2019
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Kwang-hee Lee, Sung-yoon Kim, Gil-ju Jin
Abstract: An ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes: a user interface to receive an input signal of a user and a power-supply unit. The power-supply unit includes a plurality of power-supply groups to provide power-supply signals for respectively driving a plurality of elements, and a power-supply processor to search for power data corresponding to the received input signal from among predetermined power data and to adjust power-supply signals applied to respective elements corresponding to the plurality of power-supply groups according to the searched power data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 31, 2015
Date of Patent:
November 12, 2019
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Chan Mo Kim, Dae Young Kim, Tae-Heon Roh
Abstract: A hydraulic unit of an electronic control brake system including a modulator block; a pair of master cylinder connection portions; a first valve row having a plurality of first valve accommodation bores; a second valve row having a plurality of second valve accommodation bores; a pair of low-pressure accumulator bores arranged in a bottom side of the modulator block in the lateral direction; pump accommodation bores; a pair of shuttle valve ESV accommodation bores arranged between the first valve row and the second valve row; a pair of driving force control valve TC accommodation bores arranged between wheel cylinder connection portions formed in the modulator block and the first valve row; and a pair of high-pressure accumulator bores arranged in the modulator block in a longitudinal direction, wherein the pair of high-pressure accumulator bores are formed to have an arrangement parallel to the motor accommodation bores.
Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus providing a user interface enabling a user to easily move viewpoint. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes an image generating unit, which obtains a first ultrasound image by scanning a target object; and a control unit, which obtains first information including a plurality of nodes included in the first ultrasound image, moves a viewpoint based on the first information, and obtains second ultrasound images.
Abstract: Provided is a method of marking a diffusion boundary of medicine, the method performed by an ultrasound apparatus and including operations of obtaining first B mode image data and first Doppler data about a target object to which the medicine is injected; detecting a first area of the target object from which the first Doppler data is obtained; determining a first diffusion boundary of the medicine, based on the first area; and marking the first diffusion boundary of the medicine on a B mode image that is generated by using the first B mode image data.
Abstract: An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and an ultrasonic diagnostic method are provided. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes: a transducer for performing interconversion between an acoustic wave and an electric signal; and a transmitter for controlling the transducer so as to allow a plurality of plane waves to be transmitted through a plurality of sub-apertures.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 28, 2014
Date of Patent:
October 22, 2019
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Deok-gon Kim, Moo-ho Bae, Sung-bae Park
Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: an ultrasound probe; a display; an image processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the image processor, perform operations. The operations includes acquiring ultrasound data about an object; generating an ultrasound image, based on the acquired ultrasound data; generating a first marker for a first object of interest (OOI) which is not included in the generated ultrasound image; displaying the generated ultrasound image and a map image representing a viewing point corresponding to the ultrasound image, a viewing direction, a region that a virtual ray reaches, and a position of the first OOI; and marking the first marker to correspond to the position of the first OOI on the ultrasound image and the map image.
Abstract: An ultrasonic transducer and an ultrasonic probe including the same are provided. The ultrasonic transducer includes a piezoelectric layer configured to convert an electric signal and an ultrasound into each other, and a dematching layer having a uniform thickness, the dematching layer being arranged on a partial region of the piezoelectric layer and configured to reflect the second ultrasound wave that is incident on the dematching layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 9, 2016
Date of Patent:
October 15, 2019
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
Inventors:
In-seong Song, Dong-hyun Kim, Gil-ju Jin
Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire volume data for a head of an object; an image processor configured to detect a mid-sagittal plane (MSP) from the volume data, generate an MSP image corresponding to the MSP, detect at least one measurement plane based on the MSP, and generate at least one measurement plane image corresponding to the at least one measurement plane; and a display configured to display the MSP image and the at least one measurement plane image on a single screen.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 5, 2015
Date of Patent:
October 8, 2019
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Kwang-hee Lee, Sung-yoon Kim, Jun-sang Yoo
Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound imaging apparatus for predicting fetal growth rate, including: an ultrasound probe configured to transmit ultrasound signals to a fetus and receive ultrasound echo signals reflected from the fetus; a user inputter configured to receive pregnancy information regarding a patient from a user; a communicator configured to receive, from a cloud server, fetal biometric data related to the pregnancy information regarding the patient from among fetal biometric data prestored and accumulated in the cloud server; and a controller configured to generate an ultrasound image of the fetus by using the ultrasound echo signals, measure a size of a body part of the fetus on the ultrasound image, and predict the fetal growth rate based on the measured size of the body part of the fetus and the fetal biometric data received from the cloud server.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 27, 2019
Publication date:
October 3, 2019
Applicant:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Hoki Hong, Daebong Park, Sungnam Park, Jaeho Lee, Jeong Cho, Soonjae Hong
Abstract: Provided is a method of measuring an ultrasound image in an ultrasound apparatus. The method includes: displaying an ultrasound image on a screen; receiving a first user input of selecting at least one coordinate on the ultrasound image; determining a first measurement tool corresponding to the first user input based on a type of the first user input; and acquiring measurement information on the ultrasound image by using the determined first measurement tool.
Abstract: Provided is a medical imaging apparatus including a storage configured to store training data and an optimization coefficient; at least one processor configured to identify at least one image feature value from an input medical image, and to identify a value of at least one parameter of the medical imaging apparatus, based on the at least one image feature value and the optimization coefficient, by using a neural network processor; an output interface configured to output a resultant image generated based on the value of the at least one parameter; and an input interface configured to receive a first control input of adjusting the value of the at least one parameter, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to update the optimization coefficient by performing training using the training data and the first control input.
Abstract: An information providing method which is implementable by using an ultrasound apparatus includes obtaining ultrasound image data which relates to an object; displaying, on a first area of a screen, a gain setup window for setting a gain of the obtained ultrasound image data; receiving a gain which is set by a user on the gain setup window; and displaying, on a second area of the screen, an ultrasound image of the object to which the set gain is applied.
Abstract: Disclosed is an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus including an improved actuator to compensate for a weight of an input/output device. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a main body, an input/output device coupled to the main body and configured to receive information from a user or output information received from the main body, and a connection device to connect the main body and the input/output device, wherein the connection device includes a shaft having a shaft body, a link frame having a frame body and a shaft coupling portion extending from the frame body to be coupled with the shaft, and an actuator including a torsion spring having a first end supported by the shaft and a second end supported by the link frame, so as to compensate for a weight of the input/output device.
Abstract: An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a controller configured to recognize an object included in an ultrasound image and search at least one piece of texture information corresponding to the recognized object; a display configured to display the ultrasound image and the searched at least one piece of texture information; a user interface configured to receive an input for selecting one piece of texture information from among the searched at least one piece of texture information; and an image processor configured to perform texture mapping of the selected piece of texture information onto at least one region in the ultrasound image of the object.
Abstract: Provided are an ultrasound imaging apparatus and a method of controlling the same, and more specifically, to a technique for displaying a gain compensation regulating unit including a time gain compensation (TGC) regulating unit or a lateral gain compensation (LGC) regulating unit corresponding to the set ROI when a region of interest (ROI) in an ultrasound image is set.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 3, 2019
Assignee:
SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Gil-Ju Jin, Mi Jeoung Ahn, Yuri Kim, Jae Moon Jo