US 11,717,266 B2
Ultrasound method and apparatus for processing ultrasound image
Seung-ju Lee, Gangwon-do (KR); and Yoon-woo Jun, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
Filed on May 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/314,577.
Application 17/314,577 is a continuation of application No. 14/739,734, filed on Jun. 15, 2015, granted, now 11,000,261.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0174277 (KR), filed on Dec. 5, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0271381 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01)
CPC A61B 8/467 (2013.01) [A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5215 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); A61B 8/4405 (2013.01); A61B 8/46 (2013.01); A61B 8/465 (2013.01); A61B 8/5292 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04804 (2013.01); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. An ultrasound apparatus comprising:
a display configured to display, on an ultrasound image, a first measuring point and a second measuring point which indicate points on the ultrasound image that are to be measured when a user input for measuring a distance on the ultrasound image is received;
a user inputter, comprising a touch panel, configured to receive the user input for measuring the distance on the ultrasound image, to receive a first touch input when the first touch input is detected on a first adjusting portion on the display, and to receive a second touch input when the second touch input is detected on a second adjusting portion on the display; and
a controller, comprising an image processor, configured to:
change positions of the first and second adjusting portions by the first and second touch inputs, respectively, so as to adjust positions of the first measuring point and the second measuring point, respectively, and
obtain a measurement value based on the adjusted positions of the first measuring point and the second measuring point,
wherein the position of the first adjusting portion is configured to move with respect to a second reference point, and the position of the second adjusting portion is configured to move with respect to a first reference point,
the display displays a measuring device image comprising the first and second adjusting portions and the first and second measuring points on the ultrasound image,
a portion of the ultrasound image, which overlaps at least the first and second adjusting portions of the measuring device image, is not covered by the measuring device image,
the display displays a measuring device selection menu with information indicating measuring shapes for selecting one from among a plurality of measuring devices, and
the display displays the measuring device image corresponding to the selected measuring device by a user input.