Patent ID: 8016759

Claim:
An ultrasound system, comprising: a signal acquiring unit configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to an object and acquire an echo signal reflected from the object; a signal processing unit configured to perform TGC (Time Gain Compensation) and LGC (Lateral Gain Compensation) upon the echo signal at a coarse compensation mode based on predetermined TGC and LGC values; an image producing unit configured to produce an ultrasound image of the object based on the TGC and LGC compensated echo signal; an input unit comprising a touch panel configured to display a setup screen including the produced ultrasound image, and configured to enable a user to provide TGC and LGC curves on the displayed ultrasound image, said touch panel being configured to input information on the TGC and LGC curves provided by the user; and a TGC/LGC setup processor configured to set new TGC and LGC values based on the information on the TGC and LGC curves, wherein the signal processing unit is further configured to perform the TGC and LGC upon the echo signal at a fine compensation mode based on the new TGC and LGC values set by the TGC/LGC setup processor using first and second reference lines.