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Apparatus and method for forming 3D ultrasound image

  • US 7,507,204 B2
  • Filed: 01/04/2005
  • Issued: 03/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for forming a 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image, comprising:

  • a generation unit configured to generate a binarization image of a 2D ultrasound image to generate a surface curved line of a target object on the 2D ultrasound image and automatically generate a region of interest (ROI) box for the target object on the 2D ultrasound image by moving bounds of the ROI box to pixels closest to the surface curved line;

    a first determination unit configured to calculate a mean square error value between a predetermined standard histogram for a 2D ultrasound image of the target object and a histogram for a 2D ultrasound image within the ROI box, and determine whether the ROI box is suitably generated for a display of the target object therewithin based on the calculation result;

    a detection unit configured to detect a contour of the target object in the ROI box; and

    a formation unit configured to form the 3D ultrasound image by rendering volume data existing in the detected contour.

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