Patent ID: 8956298
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61B,G01S,G06T

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound system, comprising: an ultrasound data acquisition unit including a probe comprising a plurality of elements for converting between ultrasound signals and electrical signals and configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from a target object, and configured to form first ultrasound data and a plurality of sets of second ultrasound data using the received ultrasound signals; a processing unit connected to the probe, the processing unit being configured to form a two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound image based on the first ultrasound data; and a user input unit including a user interface connected to the processing unit and configured to receive input information for defining a region of interest (ROI) in the 2D ultrasound image, wherein the processing unit is configured to form volume data based on the plurality of sets of the second ultrasound data corresponding to the ROI, compare the first ultrasound data with the volume data to detect geometric information including a position in the volume data, form a first three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image corresponding to a first region which is located on a front, relative to an elevation direction of the 3D data, of the 2D ultrasound image and a second 3D ultrasound image corresponding to a second region which is located on a back, relative to an elevation direction of the 3D data, of the 2D ultrasound image based on the volume data in consideration of the geometric information, and perform a spatial compound upon the 2D ultrasound image, the first 3D ultrasound image and the second 3D ultrasound image based on the geometric information to form an ultrasound spatial compound image.