Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including: a main body; a probe; a display unit connected to the main body in such a manner to be movable with respect to the main body; and a moving unit configured to connect the display unit to the main body, and to enable the display unit to move with respect to the main body, wherein the moving unit includes: a first coupling member rotatably attached on a part of the main body; a rotating arm coupled with the first coupling member and configured to rotate with respect to the first coupling member; and a moving member having one end coupled with the display unit, and installed in the rotating arm to enable the display unit to move in a longitudinal direction of the rotating arm.

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.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrasonic probe and a method of manufacturing the same. The ultrasonic probe includes: a matching layer; a piezoelectric layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the matching layer and generates ultrasonic waves; and a backing layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer and includes plate-shaped carbon allotropes and a backing material provided between the plate-shaped carbon allotropes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasound imaging apparatus for dividing obtained ultrasound image information into pieces of image information in units of regions of a human body, mapping a body marker to the pieces of image information corresponding to the body marker, and outputting a result of mapping the body marker to the pieces of image information; and a method of controlling the same. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an image processor configured to obtain image information from an object, a controller configured to divide the obtained image information into pieces of image information in units of regions of a human body and map a body marker to the pieces of image information corresponding to the body marker, and a user interface unit configured to output a result of mapping the body marker to the pieces of image information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultrasonic probe used in a medical instrument for ultrasonic diagnosis, and the ultrasonic probe includes a strain relief having a structure for preventing a cable from being damaged by twisting or sharp bending.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a diffusion-weighted image acquiring method form a radial k-space through a radial sampling and acquire a diffusion-weighted image from the radial k-space, with the diffusion-weighted image acquiring including receiving an echo signal generated from the subject, and forming a k-space having a plurality of sampling lines by sampling the echo signal that is received, wherein the directions of the diffusion gradient magnetic fields applied at the time of forming the sampling lines that compose the k-space to cross each other at two adjacent sampling lines.

Abstract: An MRI apparatus performs an MRI while moving a patient table and includes a main magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field in a bore; a gradient coil assembly configured to apply a gradient signal to the static magnetic field to generate a magnetic field gradient; an RF coil assembly configured to apply an RF excitation signal and an RF refocusing signal; and a controller configured to control the RF refocusing signal so that a slice to which the RF refocusing signal is to be applied conforms to the slice to which the RF excitation signal has been applied.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transducer support, ultrasound probe, and ultrasound imaging apparatus. The ultrasound transducer support includes a first layer having first areas in which heat transfer materials are arranged and second areas in which sound absorbent materials are arranged, the first and second areas being arranged alternately; and a second layer having third areas located below the first areas in which sound absorbent materials are arranged and fourth areas located below the second areas in which heat transfer materials are arranged.

Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus is provided. The medical imaging apparatus includes a table on which a subject lies and that carries the subject; a gantry that forms an internal space and scans the subject carried into the internal space; a screen unit mounted on the gantry or outside the gantry; and an image projector that projects an image onto the screen unit. In accordance with embodiments of the medical imaging apparatus, various content may be provided for a person subject to scanning to relieve his/her boredom or inconvenience during the scanning process.

Abstract: An MRI system acquires a susceptibility-weighted image by acquiring a first RF echo signal in a first echo time for providing an image exclusive of susceptibility-weighting and acquiring a second RF echo signal in a second echo time longer than the first echo time for providing an image including susceptibility-weighting. A compensation gradient field is applied for compensating for field inhomogeneity and in response, a third RF echo signal is acquired in a third echo time longer than the second echo time. First, second and third images are generated in response to data derived from the first, second and third RF echo signals respectively and data of the first, second and third images is combined to provide image data representing an image compensating for magnetic resonance signal attenuation in the second image.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasound imaging apparatus for dividing obtained ultrasound image information into pieces of image information in units of regions of a human body, mapping a body marker to the pieces of image information corresponding to the body marker, and outputting a result of mapping the body marker to the pieces of image information; and a method of controlling the same. The ultrasound imaging apparatus includes an image processor configured to obtain image information from an object, a controller configured to divide the obtained image information into pieces of image information in units of regions of a human body and map a body marker to the pieces of image information corresponding to the body marker, and a user interface unit configured to output a result of mapping the body marker to the pieces of image information.

Abstract: Disclosed is a medical imaging apparatus including a body and a noise reducing apparatus that is detachably disposed in the body to reduce noise generated from the body, wherein the noise reducing apparatus includes a neck and a cavity. The noise reducing apparatus disposes the neck and the cavity that are combined with each other according to a frequency of the noise generated from the medical imaging apparatus, thereby reducing noise generated from the medical imaging apparatus in an active manner, achieving improved silence.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus including: a main body; a probe; a display unit connected to the main body in such a manner to be movable with respect to the main body; and a moving unit configured to connect the display unit to the main body, and to enable the display unit to move with respect to the main body, wherein the moving unit includes: a first coupling member rotatably attached on a part of the main body; a rotating arm coupled with the first coupling member and configured to rotate with respect to the first coupling member; and a moving member having one end coupled with the display unit, and installed in the rotating arm to enable the display unit to move in a longitudinal direction of the rotating arm.

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.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a case, at least one receptacle defined in the case and configured to accommodate at least one battery that supplies power to a portable ultrasonic scanning apparatus, at least one first terminal installed to the at least one receptacle, the first terminal coming into contact with a terminal of the battery when the battery is accommodated in the at least one receptacle, and a second terminal electrically connected to the at least one first terminal, the second terminal being electrically connected to the portable ultrasonic scanning apparatus.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transducer support, ultrasound probe, and ultrasound imaging apparatus. The ultrasound transducer support includes a first layer having first areas in which heat transfer materials are arranged and second areas in which sound absorbent materials are arranged, the first and second areas being arranged alternately; and a second layer having third areas located below the first areas in which sound absorbent materials are arranged and fourth areas located below the second areas in which heat transfer materials are arranged.

Abstract: Provided are an ultrasonic probe and a method of manufacturing the same. The ultrasonic probe includes: a matching layer; a piezoelectric layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the matching layer and generates ultrasonic waves; and a backing layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer and includes plate-shaped carbon allotropes and a backing material provided between the plate-shaped carbon allotropes.

Abstract: An MRI apparatus performs an MRI while moving a patient table and includes a main magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field in a bore; a gradient coil assembly configured to apply a gradient signal to the static magnetic field to generate a magnetic field gradient; an RF coil assembly configured to apply an RF excitation signal and an RF refocusing signal; and a controller configured to control the RF refocusing signal so that a slice to which the RF refocusing signal is to be applied conforms to the slice to which the RF excitation signal has been applied.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a medical device including a reader to recognize a command code, and a main body to perform a function matched to the command code recognized by the reader. The medical device may have a small size and be produced at low cost.

Abstract: An MRI system acquires a susceptibility-weighted image by acquiring a first RF echo signal in a first echo time for providing an image exclusive of susceptibility-weighting and acquiring a second RF echo signal in a second echo time longer than the first echo time for providing an image including susceptibility-weighting. A compensation gradient field is applied for compensating for field inhomogeneity and in response, a third RF echo signal is acquired in a third echo time longer than the second echo time. First, second and third images are generated in response to data derived from the first, second and third RF echo signals respectively and data of the first, second and third images is combined to provide image data representing an image compensating for magnetic resonance signal attenuation in the second image.