Patent ID: 9734602
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01S,G06T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for processing a medical image, the apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive a signal having a plurality of frequency bands; an image processor configured to segment the signal into a first signal of a first frequency band and a second signal of a second frequency band based on a signal strength, configured to generate a first reconstructed image of the first frequency band and a second reconstructed image of the second frequency band, and configured to synthesize the first reconstructed image and the second reconstructed image, wherein the image processor is configured to apply different weights to the first reconstructed image and the second reconstructed image according to a contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR) of a region of interest, and configured to synthesize the first reconstructed image and the second reconstructed image to which the different weights are applied.