Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound imaging apparatus an image processor configured to acquire, based on three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound data for generating a 3D ultrasound image of an object, at least one two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound image comprising at least one reference ultrasound image corresponding to at least one reference cross-section; a controller configured to set a user-designated reference cross-section obtained by moving a first reference cross-section included in the at least one reference cross-section and control generation of at least one first ultrasound image corresponding to the set user-designated reference cross-section; and a display configured to display the generated at least one first ultrasound image.

Abstract: Provided is a medical imaging apparatus. The medical imaging apparatus includes: a user interface configured to receive an input for setting a region of interest (ROI) in a first medical image and an input for setting first volume rendering properties for the ROI and second volume rendering properties for a remaining region of the first medical image other than the ROI; an image generator configured to generate a second medical image by performing volume rendering on the ROI and the remaining region other than the ROI based on the first and second volume rendering properties, respectively; and a display configured to display the second medical image.

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound system and an image display method of displaying an ultrasound image on an auxiliary display. The ultrasound system generates a three-dimensional (3D) image in a first orientation with respect to ultrasound volume data acquired from an object and displays the 3D image in the first orientation on a display. The ultrasound system also acquires position information and orientation information of an auxiliary display and determines a second orientation based on the acquired position information and orientation information. The ultrasound system then generates a 3D image in the determined second orientation and controls the 3D image in the second orientation to be displayed on the auxiliary display.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring a Doppler signal by using volume data. In detail, the method and apparatus measure a Doppler signal by obtaining a sub volume by using a color component of volume data and locating a sample volume on a scan line of a cell whose corresponding sub volume is scanned.

Abstract: A diagnosis imaging apparatus and an operation method thereof are provided. A diagnosis imaging apparatus includes: an image processing apparatus for detecting a first point and a second point on a heart wall of a valve of interest in a 3D volume data of a heart of a subject, rotating the 3D volume data to make a virtual line connecting the first point and the second point be parallel with a datum plane, and acquiring a 3D standard view of the valve of interest based on the rotated 3D volume data; and a display apparatus for displaying the 3D standard view.

Abstract: A volume image generating method including transmitting an ultrasonic signal to a target body divided into a plurality of regions and generating a first sub-volume image corresponding to a first region from among the plurality of regions of the target body, based on a response signal reflected from the target body; generating a second sub-volume image corresponding to a second region contacting the first region from among the plurality of regions; connecting the second sub-volume image to the first sub-volume image according to a location relationship between the first region and the second region of the target body; and re-generating the second sub-volume image based on a concordance rate between sectional images of the first and second sub-volume images that contact each other, and connecting the re-generated second sub-volume image to the first sub-volume image.

Abstract: A cardiac ultrasound image display to analyze a heart wall motion, and a method and apparatus for displaying a cardiac ultrasound image. A method of displaying a medical image includes obtaining a characteristic value for each of one or more segments included in an object, generating an image of the object indicating the segment of which the characteristic value is a predetermined value, and displaying the image.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for guiding a scan line. The method includes: detecting a bloodstream region indicating a flow of blood from a color Doppler image; determining a central axis of the bloodstream region; measuring an angle between the central axis and a scan line used to obtain the color Doppler image; and displaying the angle on a screen.

Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus and a method of operating the same are provided. The method includes acquiring three-dimensional (3D) volume data about an object, generating a 3D image based on the 3D volume data, extracting a muscle tissue figure corresponding to a muscle tissue shape of the object by grouping voxels included in the 3D image, analyzing a motion of the object based on the extracted muscle tissue figure, and displaying the extracted muscle tissue figure and a result of the analysis.

Abstract: Provided is a method of representing a pressure variation in an object on an image of the object. The method includes: measuring all velocity components of the object; selecting a first position on the image of the object; estimating a pressure variation between the first position and a second position that is separate from the selected first position; and displaying an estimated pressure variation on the image of the object by using a predetermined indicator.

Abstract: Provided is a memory device including a logic layer including at least one of a peripheral device, an interface, and a built-in self-test (BIST) module and a reconfigurable accelerator (RA), and at least one data layer to store data, wherein the RA is positioned in a vacant space of the logic layer and processes at least a portion of a task processed by the memory device.

Abstract: A method of displaying stereoscopic information related to an ultrasound sectional plane of a target object includes setting a line of interest on the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object based on a received input; obtaining an ultrasound signal of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line of interest; converting the obtained ultrasound signal to represent the stereoscopic information in a three-dimensional manner; and displaying the stereoscopic information related to the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and an operating method thereof. The operating method includes displaying an ultrasound image of a target object, receiving an ultrasound signal obtained from a moving object of interest (OOI) included in the target object, setting a first reference region in the ultrasound image, acquiring first moving path information of the OOI passing through the first reference region, based on the received ultrasound signal, and displaying the first moving path in the ultrasound image, based on the first moving path information.

Abstract: In a medical image display method, a user receives a still image indicating information about a motion of at least one segment for a predetermined time period and thus may more quickly and accurately recognize the information about a motion of a segment. The medical image display method includes acquiring image data of an object, extracting information about a motion of at least one segment of the object for a predetermined time period, from the image data, and generating and displaying a still image showing information about the motion.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus and a method of operating the same. The method includes transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object to receive an echo signal corresponding to the ultrasound signal from the object, generating an ultrasound image, based on the received echo signal, detecting cross-sectional information indicating which cross-sectional surface of the object the generated ultrasound image shows, and displaying the ultrasound image and a cross-sectional information image corresponding to the detected cross-sectional information.

Abstract: A method of displaying an ultrasound image, the method including obtaining ultrasound data regarding a target object including a blood vessel; obtaining, from the ultrasound data, speeds of blood flows passing through a plurality of cross-sections of the blood vessel; determining stenosis degrees of the plurality of cross-sections based on the blood flow speeds; and generating and displaying an ultrasound image of the blood vessel showing the determined stenosis degrees.

Abstract: Disclosed are an ultrasound diagnosis device and an operating method of the same. The operating method of an ultrasound diagnosis device includes generating a first ultrasound image based on first ultrasound signals received from an object at a first point in time, calculating a value of at least one parameter of the object based on the first ultrasound image, generating a second ultrasound image based on second ultrasound signals received from the object at a second point in time, calculating a value of the at least one parameter of the object based on the second ultrasound image, and displaying a comparative image obtained by comparing the first and second ultrasound images and a comparative result obtained by comparing the calculated values of the at least one parameter.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for measuring an object in a captured image. The method includes: receiving a captured image from a photographing apparatus; selecting a predetermined region on the received image based on a user input; magnifying an image with respect to the selected, predetermined region; obtaining brightness information of the received image; displaying at least one of the magnified image and the obtained brightness information; and selecting the object on the magnified image based on the obtained brightness information. The method may further include: obtaining pixel information of the received image; and measuring the selected object based on the pixel information.

Abstract: A method of displaying stereoscopic information related to an ultrasound sectional plane of a target object includes: setting a line of interest on the target object; obtaining brightness information of the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object along the set line of interest; converting the obtained brightness information into height information; and displaying the stereoscopic information related to the ultrasound sectional plane of the target object based on the height information.