Patent ID: 9747686
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01S,G06K,G06T

Claim:
1. A method of changing at least one from among a direction and position of a plane selection line for acquiring an image of a plane of interest (POI) of an object, performed by an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, the method comprising: acquiring a medical image of an object by receiving an echo signal based on an ultrasound wave, which is transmitted from a probe of the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus to the object; extracting a first plane selection line and a reference region from the acquired medical image; setting a pattern of at least one plane selection line to obtain the image of the plane of interest (POI) of the object, based on the first plane selection line and at least one second plane selection line, wherein the at least one second plane selection line is generated by rotating the first plane selection line by a certain angle based on the reference region or by moving the first plane selection line in a certain direction; and displaying at least one plane image obtained respectively along the at least one plane selection line, based on the set pattern, wherein the at least one plane selection line is selected based on an anatomical position of a part of interest, a measurement target item, and an anatomical view in the object.