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ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGE

  • US 20170100101A1
  • Filed: 03/28/2016
  • Published: 04/13/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus for analyzing a contrast enhanced ultrasound image with respect to an object to which an ultrasound contrast medium has been administered, the contrast enhanced ultrasound image being obtained by transmitting ultrasound waves to the object and receiving echo signals reflected from the object, the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus comprising:

  • an ultrasound image processor configured to set a region of interest (ROI) in the ultrasound image and acquire a time intensity curve representing an intensity value for each of ultrasound image frames in the set ROI and a fitting curve representing a tendency of the time intensity curve according to a preset mathematical model;

    an ultrasound image analyzer configured to analyze a type of movement of the object and a change in size of the object based on a difference between the time intensity curve and the fitting curve; and

    a user input unit configured to display a user interface that receives a user input for selecting frames of the ultrasound image related to the movement of the object and the change in size of the object.

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