公开(公告)号：US20180185011A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-05

申请号：US15736442

申请日：2016-06-09

申请人： SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD.

发明人： Christopher M.W. DAFT ,  Hyoung-jin KIM ,  Kang-sik KIM ,  Woo-youl LEE

IPC分类号： A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/00

CPC分类号： A61B8/5269 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B8/145 ,  A61B8/4488 ,  A61B8/463 ,  A61B8/5207 ,  A61B8/5215 ,  A61B8/5246 ,  A61B8/54 ,  G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/5205 ,  G01S7/52071 ,  G01S7/52074 ,  G01S15/8915

摘要： Provided is an ultrasound imaging apparatus including a probe configured to transmit an ultrasound signal to an object along a first path and receive an echo signal reflected from the object; and a processor configured to generate a first ultrasound image representing the object, detect at least one region having low image quality among regions in the generated first ultrasound image according to a predetermined criterion, control the ultrasound signal to be transmitted along a second path by focusing the ultrasound signal at a focal point within a predetermined region of the object corresponding to the detected at least one region, and generate a second ultrasound image representing the object based on an echo signal received in response to the ultrasound signal transmitted to the object along the second path.