Patent ID: 8556816

Claim:
An ultrasound system, comprising: a user input device configured to receive user input information for setting a caliper and selecting one of the plurality of applications from a user; a storage device configured to store a mapping table associating measuring item information including a plurality of measuring items, a plurality of measuring sample values corresponding to the measuring items and a plurality contour samples corresponding to the measuring items with a plurality of applications; an ultrasound data acquisition device configured to acquire ultrasound data corresponding to a target object; and a processor in communication with the user input device, the storage device and the ultrasound data acquisition device, the processor being configured to form an ultrasound image based on ultrasound data, set a caliper on the ultrasound image based on the user input information, measure the size of the target object based on the caliper to form measurement information, perform a contour detection upon the ultrasound image to detect a contour of the target object in the ultrasound image in response to the user input information, the processor being further configured to retrieve the storage device to extract at least one of measuring items corresponding to the user input information, the measurement information and the contour from the storage device, and arrange the extracted measuring item in an order of similarity with the input information, the measurement information and the contour to form a measuring item candidate group.