Ultrasound System And Method Providing Wide Image Mode

• US 20100106020A1
• Filed: 03/25/2009
• Published: 04/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Medison Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Medison Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Kim, Chul-An, Park, Sung-In, Shin, Soo-Hwan
• Application Number:
  US12/411,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20100106020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/440
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/00 Diagnosis using ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves imaging of objects using sonar G01S15/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/461 Displaying means of special interest
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/467 characterised by special input means
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 8/469 for selection of a region of interest

Abstract

An ultrasound system and a method of controlling the ultrasound system are provided. The ultrasound system may receive, from a user, a selection command for a first mode among a plurality of display modes, set a target region based on region setting information that is input from the user, when the first mode is a wide mode, and extract an ultrasound image in the target region when an image extraction command is input from the user.

Claims

1. A method of controlling an ultrasound system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user, a selection command for a first mode among a plurality of display modes;

setting a target region based on region setting information that is input from the user, when the first mode is a wide mode; and

extracting an ultrasound image in the target region when an image extraction command is input from the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the image extraction is any one of an image output, an image storage, and an image transmission.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the extracting comprises:

exposing outline information of the target region when the image extraction command is input from the user; and

extracting the ultrasound image in the target region according to exposing of the outline information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the extracting comprises extracting the ultrasound image in the target region that is reset based on changed region setting information, when the changed region setting information is input from the user after exposing the outline information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of display modes includes a general mode and the wide mode.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection command is input by selecting any one of an icon, a popup menu, a soft flexible menu, a setup dialog, and a touch panel in a display screen of the ultrasound system, and a button in a control panel of the ultrasound system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting the target region as the entire region of the wide mode when the region setting information is not input from the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the region setting information is set to any one of a general setting mode, a fixed ratio mode, and a fixed size mode.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the general setting mode receives, from the user, a designation of a start point in a display screen of the ultrasound system and receives drag information from the designated start point to an end point.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the general setting mode receives, from the user, a first point and a second point in the display screen of the ultrasound system.

11. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for implementing the method of claim 1.

12. An ultrasound system comprising:

an input unit to receive, from a user, a selection command for a first mode among a plurality of display modes;

a setting unit to set a target region based on region setting information that is input from the user, when the first mode is a wide mode; and

an extraction unit to extract an ultrasound image in the target region when an image extraction command is input from the user.

13. The ultrasound system of claim 12, wherein the image extraction is any one of an image output, an image storage, and an image transmission.

14. The ultrasound system of claim 12, wherein, when the image extraction command is input from the user, the extraction unit exposes outline information of the target region, and extracts the ultrasound image in the target region according to exposing of the outline information.

15. The ultrasound system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of display modes includes a general mode and the wide mode.

16. The ultrasound system of claim 12, wherein the region setting information is set to any one of a general setting mode, a fixed ratio mode, and a fixed size mode.