Patent ID: 8403855
Filing Date: 2013-03-26
Classification: A61B,G01S,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound system, comprising: a signal acquiring unit configured for transmitting an ultrasound signal to an object and acquiring an echo signal reflected from the object; a touch panel configured for displaying an ultrasound image of the object and configured for receiving and displaying a compensation line inputted by a user's touch on the touch panel; and a processing unit configured for determining a compensation value based on the received compensation line, performing a compensation on the echo signal based on the determined compensation value and generating the ultrasound image of the object based on the compensated echo signal, wherein the compensation line is a Time Gain Compensation (TGC) line or a Lateral Gain Compensation (LGC) line, wherein the compensation is a TGC or a LGC depending upon whether the received compensation line is the TGC line or the LGC line, wherein the processing unit is further configured to perform an initial TGC or LGC on the echo signal at an initial compensation mode based on a predetermined TGC or LGC value before the compensation.