Patent ID: 11965960
Assignee: SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC G

Claim 19:
20. An ultrasound imaging apparatus comprising:
a probe configured to irradiate an ultrasound signal to an object and receive an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the object;
an image processor configured to obtain a color Doppler signal from which a clutter signal has been completely or partially removed by filtering the ultrasound echo signal, obtain a plurality of consecutive Doppler image frames based on the color Doppler signal and generate a Doppler image based on the plurality of consecutive Doppler image frames;
a display configured to output the Doppler image;
a controller configured to calculate a flash artifact score of each of the plurality of consecutive Doppler image frames based on the ultrasound echo signal, generate a timeline corresponding to the plurality of consecutive Doppler image frames and control the display so that the flash artifact score of each of the plurality of consecutive Doppler image frames appear on the timeline; and
an input configured to receive a selection command for selecting a section of the timeline,
wherein the image processor is configured to generate the Doppler image by synthesizing Doppler image frames corresponding to the section of the selected timeline based on the selection command, and
wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display a warning image warning of the presence of flash artifact in the Doppler image when there is a Doppler image frame with the flash artifact score greater than a preset threshold among the Doppler image frames corresponding to the section of the selected timeline.