Patent ID: 8852109
Filing Date: 2014-10-07
Classification: A61B,G01S

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound imaging apparatus, comprising: an ultrasound probe configured to scan a three-dimensional scanning region to acquire volume data in the scanning region; a controller configured to control the ultrasound probe to scan a three-dimensional first scanning region to acquire first volume data in the entire first scanning region, and control the ultrasound probe to consecutively scan a second scanning region more than once to consecutively acquire second volume data in the entire second scanning region, the second scanning region being smaller than the first scanning region and included in the first scanning region, wherein the controller is configured to control the ultrasound probe so that the scanning of the second scanning region starts after an end of the scanning of the entire first scanning region, and a next scanning of the entire first scanning region starts after an end of the scanning of the second scanning region, wherein each scanning of the entire first scanning region includes scanning the second scanning region only once and is conducted with a same scanning resolution as the scanning of the second scanning region, independent from the first scanning region; an image generator configured to generate ultrasound image data in the first scanning region including the second scanning region based on the first volume data in the first scanning region and, every time the second volume data in the second scanning region is acquired by consecutively scanning more than once, update the second volume data in the second scanning region to generate new ultrasound image data; and a display controller configured to control a display to display an ultrasound image based on the generated ultrasound image data and, every time the new ultrasound image data is generated, update the ultrasound image displayed on the display to control the display to display the ultrasound image.