Abstract: A 3D ultrasound image generating apparatus and method includes a volume-data generator to generate 3-dimensional (3D) volume data based on at least one cross-sectional image with respect to a body tissue of a subject, and a controller that generates the final 3D image having the adjusted 3D effect by volume rendering the 3D volume data based on the input stereo-depth value when a stereo-depth value used to adjust the 3D effect of a final 3D image generated based on the 3D volume data is input.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for displaying a medical image, the apparatus including: a data acquisition unit for acquiring volume data of an object; an image generation unit for generating a medical image, which includes at least one three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic image and at least one 2D stereoscopic image generated based on at least one of a direction, a gradient, and a depth of an object shown in the 3D stereoscopic image, from volume data of the object; and a displaying unit for displaying the generated medical image.

Abstract: There are disclosed embodiments for an ultrasound system for performing segmentation of vessels. The ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to a target object including vessels, receive an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the target object and form ultrasound data corresponding to the target object; a volume data forming unit configured to form volume data based on the ultrasound data; and a processor configured to form a 3-dimensional ultrasound image based on the volume data, set a plurality of slices on the 3-dimensional ultrasound image and perform segmentation of the vessels based on a degree of registration between the respective vessels on the adjacent slices.

Abstract: A method of managing an ultrasound image, the method including storing a plurality of pieces of setting information to respectively match a plurality of observation operations for diagnosing an object, each of the plurality of pieces of setting information including at least one from among information about an observation plane that splits ultrasound volume data in a predetermined direction, information about a split method of splitting the ultrasound volume data, and information about a reference point; displaying a plurality of plane images for a current observation operation, wherein the plurality of plane images are obtained based on a piece of the setting information matching the current observation operation; storing an image selected from among the plurality of plane images according to an external input signal such that the selected image matches the current observation operation.

Abstract: An acoustic probe and an acoustic diagnostic system. The acoustic probe includes a housing; a transducer, which is arranged inside the housing, transmits an acoustic wave to a target object, and receives an acoustic echo signal from the target object; and a magnetic field generator, which is arranged inside the housing and generates a magnetic field to the target object.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus and method. The image processing method includes a data obtaining unit for obtaining volume data that contains a target image; a depth-data obtaining unit for obtaining depth data that indicates a depth to the surface of the target image from an image plane; an image processing unit for processing the volume data into a processed volume data based on the depth-data, and obtaining a rendered image based on the processed volume data; and a display unit for displaying the rendered image.

Abstract: A method of controlling a needle guide apparatus for assisting insertion of a needle, the method including: setting target coordinates in which the tip of the needle is located inside an object to be diagnosed; and adjusting a position of the needle guide apparatus based on the set target coordinates, wherein the needle guide apparatus is connected to a probe for capturing an ultrasound image of the object to be diagnosed.

Abstract: A method of providing a body marker, the method including when an ultrasound image of a target body is acquired by using a probe, acquiring an image of a testee including information regarding a location of the probe; generating a body marker indicating a location of the target body based on the image of the testee including the information regarding the location of the probe; and mapping the body marker to the ultrasound image of the target body and storing a mapped result.

Abstract: An augmented reality ultrasound system. The augmented reality ultrasound system includes: a probe for transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object and receiving the ultrasound signal reflected from the object; an image generating unit for generating an ultrasound image from the ultrasound signal transmitted from the probe; a photographing unit for photographing the object and the probe to obtain images thereof and recognizing information corresponding to movement of the probe by using the image of the photographed probe; an image modifying unit for modifying the ultrasound image transmitted from the image generating unit so as to reflect the movement of the probe by using the movement information of the probe transmitted from the photographing unit; and a display unit for displaying the ultrasound image transmitted from the image modifying unit.

Abstract: There are disclosed embodiments for an ultrasound system for performing segmentation of vessels. The ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to a target object including vessels, receive an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the target object and form ultrasound data corresponding to the target object; a volume data forming unit configured to form volume data based on the ultrasound data; and a processor configured to form a 3-dimensional ultrasound image based on the volume data, set a plurality of slices on the 3-dimensional ultrasound image and perform segmentation of the vessels based on a degree of registration between the respective vessels on the adjacent slices.