公开(公告)号：US09839403B2

公开(公告)日：2017-12-12

申请号：US14956237

申请日：2015-12-01

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Woo-hyun Nam ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Jae-sung Lee ,  Yun-sub Jung ,  Yoon-mi Hong

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G06T11/00 ,  A61B6/03

CPC classification number: A61B6/469 ,  A61B6/037 ,  A61B6/4441 ,  A61B6/488 ,  A61B6/5205 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G06T11/005 ,  G06T2211/424 ,  G06T2211/432

Abstract: A medical imaging apparatus includes a data acquirer configured to acquire measured data acquired by detecting an X-ray transmitted by an X-ray source to an object, and an image processor configured to acquire an initial image based on the measured data, alternately estimate region of interest (ROI)-outside measured data and ROI-inside measured data based on the measured data and the initial image, and acquire a reconstructed image based on the ROI-inside measured data.

公开(公告)号：US11195261B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16348584

申请日：2017-11-08

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Woo-hyun Nam ,  Il-jun Ahn ,  Tammy Lee ,  Ki-heum Cho ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Min-su Cheon

IPC: G06T5/50 ,  G06T3/40

Abstract: Disclosed is an image processing apparatus. The present image processing apparatus comprises: an input unit for inputting an image; and a processor for shrinking the inputted image to a predetermined ratio, extracting a visual feature from the shrunken image, performing an image quality enhancement process reflecting the extracted visual feature in the inputted image, repeatedly performing, for a predetermined number of times, the shrinking, the extracting, and the image quality enhancement process on the image that has undergone the image quality enhancement process. The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system and an application thereof that simulate the functions of a human brain, such as recognition, judgment, etc., by using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning, etc.

公开(公告)号：US10805634B2

公开(公告)日：2020-10-13

申请号：US15982382

申请日：2018-05-17

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Parichay Kapoor ,  Ji-hun Oh ,  Kwang-hoon Son ,  Young-chul Cho ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Hyun-jung Kim

IPC: H04N5/232 ,  H04N21/234 ,  H04N19/59 ,  G06N3/02 ,  G06N3/04 ,  H04N21/44 ,  H04N21/4402 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N21/2343

Abstract: A super-resolution processing method of a moving image is provided. The super-resolution processing method of a moving image includes sequentially inputting a plurality of input frames included in the video to any one of a recurrent neural network (RNN) for super-resolution processing and a convolutional neural network (CNN) for super-resolution processing, sequentially inputting a frame sequentially output from the any one of the RNN and the CNN to an additional one of the RNN and the CNN, and upscaling a resolution of the output frame by carrying out deconvolution with respect to a frame sequentially output from the additional one of the RNN and the CNN.

公开(公告)号：US11257186B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16345616

申请日：2017-10-26

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Il-jun Ahn ,  Woo-hyun Nam ,  Ki-heum Cho ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Tammy Lee ,  Min-su Cheon

IPC: G06T3/40 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T5/50 ,  G06F30/27

Abstract: An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The present image processing apparatus includes an input unit to which an image is input; and a processor which extracts visual characteristics by reducing an input image and obtains a high-definition image by reflecting extracted visual characteristics on the input image. The disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system and application thereof that simulate functions such as cognition and decision-making of a human brain using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning.

公开(公告)号：US10360678B2

公开(公告)日：2019-07-23

申请号：US15430846

申请日：2017-02-13

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yun-sub Jung ,  Gye-hyun Kim ,  Jae-sung Lee ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Ji-hun Oh

IPC: G06T7/62 ,  A61B5/107 ,  A61B5/087 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/11 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B5/08 ,  A61B5/00 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B8/00 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B5/01 ,  A61B5/0402

Abstract: Disclosed are an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and a recording medium thereof, the image processing apparatus including: a storage configured to store standard information about at least one anatomical entity; and at least one processor configured to detect regions corresponding to a plurality of anatomical entities based on a medical image obtained by scanning an object including the plurality of anatomical entities, to estimate a volume of a first anatomical entity at a predetermined point in time based on object information measured from the detected regions of the anatomical entity and the standard information stored in the storage, and to provide information about condition of the first anatomical entity based on the estimated volume. Thus, it is possible to make a diagnosis more simply and accurately by determining condition information of an anatomical entity at a point in time for the diagnosis based on a randomly taken medical image.

公开(公告)号：US20180299538A1

公开(公告)日：2018-10-18

申请号：US15768535

申请日：2016-10-13

Applicant: Sogang University Research & Business Foundation ,  SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Mun-kyeong Hwang ,  Tai-kyong Song ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Hyun-taek Lee ,  Kang-won Jeon ,  Sua Bae

IPC: G01S7/52 ,  G01S15/89

CPC classification number: G01S7/52046 ,  G01S7/52036 ,  G01S7/52065 ,  G01S7/52085 ,  G01S15/89 ,  G01S15/8915 ,  G01S15/8995

Abstract: An ultrasonic device provides a wider image to a user of the device and includes a transducer for transmitting a plane wave; and a processor for controlling the transducer to sequentially transmit plane waves in a plurality of different travelling directions and thereby extend a transmission range in which the plane waves travel, where the transducer receives a plurality of ultrasonic signals which are reflected from an object by each of the transmitted plane waves, and the processor synthesizes the plurality of received ultrasonic signals so as to image at least a predetermined partial region in the extended transmission range.

公开(公告)号：US11051715B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16061201

申请日：2016-12-23

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ji-hun Oh ,  Woo-hyun Nam ,  Yong-sup Park

IPC: A61B5/091 ,  A61B6/03 ,  A61B5/113 ,  G16H50/20 ,  A61B6/00 ,  G16H30/40 ,  G16H40/63 ,  G06T7/00 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G16H30/20 ,  A61B5/08 ,  G06T7/20

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, and a recording medium for recording the same, the image processing apparatus including a storage configured to comprise a standard database (DB) established based on information about a predetermined anatomical entity; and at least one processor configured to obtain a local motion vector by registration between a first medical image and a second medical image taken by scanning an object including the anatomical entity, use a predictive local motion vector generated from the standard DB to normalize the local motion vector according to a plurality of regions in the anatomical entity, and make information about conditions of the anatomical entity based on the normalized local motion vector be provided according to the plurality of regions. By the normalization according to the regions, it is possible to provide distinguishable information about difference between the local motion vector of a pulmonary disease patient to be subjected to a diagnosis and a predictive local motion vector of a normal person generated from the standard DB through the statistical modeling using bio-information of a patient.

公开(公告)号：US11041945B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US15541990

申请日：2016-02-02

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ,  SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Inventor： Hyun-taek Lee ,  Tai-kyong Song ,  Kang-won Jeon ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Mun-kyeong Hwang ,  Sua Bae

IPC: A61B8/00 ,  G01S15/89 ,  G01S7/52 ,  A61B8/14 ,  A61B8/08 ,  G01S15/42

Abstract: Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including a probe configured to transmit a plurality of plane waves at a plurality of steering angles and a controller configured to determine the plurality of plane waves so that a grating lobe of a synthetic transmit focusing beam pattern using the plurality of plane waves is located outside a region of interest.

公开(公告)号：US10682111B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-16

申请号：US15753051

申请日：2016-06-09

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Woo-hyun Nam ,  Ji-hun Oh ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Jae-sung Lee

IPC: G06K9/00 ,  A61B6/00 ,  A61B5/055 ,  A61B5/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  G06T7/33 ,  G06T7/30 ,  A61B8/08 ,  A61B6/03

Abstract: Disclosed are a medical image display device for displaying a screen including a medical image and a medical image processing method thereof, the medical image display device comprising: a display configured to display a first medical image obtained by photographing an object comprising at least one anatomical entity; and at least one processor configured to extract reference region information corresponding to the anatomical entity from at least one second medical image used as a reference image for the first medical image, detect a region corresponding to the anatomical entity from the first medical image based on the extracted reference region information, and control the display to display the region of the detected anatomical entity to be distinguishable from at least one region unrelated to the anatomical entity.

公开(公告)号：US10168405B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US14938123

申请日：2015-11-11

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. ,  INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY

Inventor： Lae-hoon Kang ,  Dong-hyun Kim ,  Min-oh Kim ,  Dong-yeob Han ,  Do-sik Hwang ,  Yong-sup Park ,  Jong-buhm Park ,  Jae-sung Lee

IPC: G01R33/50 ,  G01R33/48 ,  G01R33/561

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for processing a magnetic resonance (MR) image of an object including first and second materials on a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus by using multi-parameter mapping including applying to the object a plurality of radio frequency (RF) pulses separated by a first repetition time and a second repetition time, the first repetition time and the second repetition time being determined based on the first material and the second material; undersampling first MR signals corresponding to the first material and second MR signals corresponding to the second material in a K-space; and performing matching between the undersampled first and the undersampled second MR signals and a signal model for the multi-parameter mapping to determine attribute values corresponding to the first and the second materials at at least one point in an MR image of the object.