KR101250490B1 - Ultrasound diagnosys apparatus setting by image file - Google Patents

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KR101250490B1
KR101250490B1 KR1020120102427A KR20120102427A KR101250490B1 KR 101250490 B1 KR101250490 B1 KR 101250490B1 KR 1020120102427 A KR1020120102427 A KR 1020120102427A KR 20120102427 A KR20120102427 A KR 20120102427A KR 101250490 B1 KR101250490 B1 KR 101250490B1
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According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an ultrasound apparatus including an ultrasound generator for generating ultrasound, a probe for transmitting the generated ultrasound to an object, an probe for receiving reflected ultrasound, and an image acquisition unit for generating an ultrasound image from the ultrasound received from the probe, respectively. An image storage unit configured to store one or more ultrasound image files that are made up of one or more frames and include parameter information including scan depth information of ultrasound waves for each frame; And selecting one ultrasound image file from the image storage unit, and controlling the operation of the ultrasound generator to generate an ultrasound signal corresponding to parameter information for each frame according to a frame output when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced. A processing control unit; It relates to an automatic control ultrasonic apparatus by an image file comprising a. According to the present invention, even if you are not skilled in ultrasound imaging, anyone can easily obtain a high quality ultrasound image, and can provide an automatically controlled ultrasound apparatus using an image file capable of repeatedly photographing similar ultrasound images.

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Automatic control ultrasonic device by image file {ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSYS APPARATUS SETTING BY IMAGE FILE}

The present invention relates to an ultrasound apparatus, and more specifically, even if you are not skilled in ultrasound imaging, anyone can easily obtain a high quality ultrasound image, and automatically control ultrasound by an image file capable of repeatedly photographing similar ultrasound images. Relates to a device.

The present invention relates to an ultrasonic device.

In conventional ultrasound apparatuses, an operator performing an ultrasound imaging moves a probe in a state in which the probe is in contact with an area requiring ultrasound imaging and sets parameters such as scan depth, ultrasound focus position, gain, resolution, and contrast ratio. Ultrasonic imaging is performed by adjusting directly.

In this case, high-quality ultrasound images are obtained only by performing ultrasonography by precisely adjusting parameters according to body parts.

In other words, existing ultrasound apparatuses are difficult to precisely adjust the parameters required for ultrasound imaging even for highly skilled persons, and very difficult to obtain high quality ultrasound images.

In addition, even if a conventional ultrasound apparatus performs ultrasound imaging on the same body part using the same ultrasound apparatus, it is almost impossible to apply the same parameters as the parameters used in the previous ultrasound imaging. There is a problem that is very difficult to obtain.

As disclosed in Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2007-0119554, the background technology of the present invention is a configuration in which an ultrasound photographer directly sets ultrasound parameters and performs ultrasound imaging.

However, the Patent Publication No. 10-2007-0119554 also includes the above problem as it is.

An object of the present invention devised to solve the above-described problem is to select the image storage unit and the image storage unit in which the ultrasound image file is stored, and to select the ultrasound image file in the image storage unit and the parameters for each frame according to the output frame when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced. By including an image processing control unit for controlling the ultrasonic generator and / or the image acquisition unit to correspond to the information, even if you are not experienced in ultrasound imaging, anyone can easily obtain a high-quality ultrasound image, and repeatedly take similar ultrasound images It is to provide an automatic control ultrasonic device by an image file.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention provides an ultrasonic wave generating unit for generating an ultrasonic wave and a probe for transmitting the generated ultrasonic wave to the object and receiving the reflected ultrasonic wave and from the ultrasonic wave received by the probe An ultrasound apparatus including an image acquisition unit for generating an ultrasound image, comprising: an image storage unit configured to store one or more ultrasound image files, each of which is composed of one or more frames and includes parameter information for controlling generation of ultrasound of each frame ; And selecting one of the ultrasound image files stored in the image storage unit, and generating an ultrasound signal corresponding to parameter information for controlling generation of ultrasound of each frame according to a frame output when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced. An image processing control unit controlling an operation of the generation unit; It includes.

In this case, the parameter information further includes information on the ultrasound image processing control of each frame, and the image processing control unit corresponds to the parameter information of each frame according to a frame output when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced. The method may further control an operation of the image acquisition unit to generate an ultrasound image.

The display apparatus may further include a display unit connected to the image processing control unit and the image storage unit, wherein the image processing control unit controls the frame of the selected ultrasound image file to be output to the display unit for reproduction.

The image processing controller may control the ultrasonic wave generator to generate an ultrasonic signal corresponding to the parameter information of each frame according to the frame output order of the ultrasonic image file reproduced by the display unit.

The image processing controller may further control the ultrasound image generated by the image acquisition unit to be further output to the display unit together with the frame of the selected ultrasound image file.

According to the present invention as described above, even if you are not skilled in ultrasound imaging, anyone can easily obtain a high-quality ultrasound image, and also provide an automatic control ultrasonic device by an image file that can repeatedly take a similar ultrasound image. Can be.

1 and 2 are block diagrams constituting an automatic control ultrasonic apparatus using an image file according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an automatic control ultrasound apparatus using an image file according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram of an ultrasound image file including parameter information for each frame.

Advantages and features of the present invention and methods for achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail with the accompanying drawings.

The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. To fully disclose the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art, and the invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings for explaining the automatic control ultrasonic apparatus using an image file according to embodiments of the present invention.

1 and 2 are block diagrams constituting an automatic control ultrasonic apparatus by an image file according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, Figure 3 is an automatic controlled ultrasonic apparatus by an image file according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention 4 is an exemplary block diagram of an ultrasound image file including parameter information for each frame.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automatic control ultrasound apparatus using an image file may include an ultrasound generator 100 generating ultrasound waves, a probe 200 transmitting the generated ultrasound waves to an object, and receiving the reflected ultrasound waves. It relates to an ultrasound apparatus including an image acquisition unit 300 for generating an ultrasound image from the ultrasound received at 200.

Specifically, the automatic control ultrasonic apparatus of the image file according to the present invention, the image is configured to store one or more ultrasonic image files, each of which is composed of one or more frames and each parameter information about the generation control of the ultrasonic wave of each frame is included A scanning depth of the storage unit 420 and parameter information for controlling generation of the ultrasonic waves of each frame according to a frame outputted upon selecting one of the ultrasonic image files stored in the image storage unit and reproducing the selected ultrasonic image file And an image processing controller 410 for controlling the ultrasound generator 100 to generate an ultrasound signal corresponding to the information.

That is, the automatic control ultrasonic apparatus using the image file according to the present invention includes an image storage unit 420 and an image processing control unit 410.

In this case, the image storage unit 420 and the image processing control unit 410 may be included in the control unit 400 that controls the overall operation of the ultrasound apparatus.

The image storage unit 420 stores one or more ultrasound image files as described above.

The ultrasound image file stored in the image storage unit 420 relates to ultrasound image information previously photographed by the same or different ultrasound apparatus, and each ultrasound image file includes one or more frames.

That is, the ultrasound image file is a frame that forms a still image, that is, a still image, or a set of several frames that constitute a single video, that is, an active image, in which several frames are continuously output and reproduced. to be.

The ultrasound image file includes parameter information of ultrasound waves for each frame constituting each ultrasound image file.

In this case, the parameter information includes parameter information on the generation control of the ultrasonic waves or information on the ultrasonic image processing control.

In this case, the parameter information on the ultrasonic generation control may further include various information about the ultrasonic signal set at the time of capturing each frame, such as scan depth and focus position information of the ultrasonic wave.

In addition, the parameter information for the image processing control may include a variety of information about the ultrasound image quality, such as resolution, contrast ratio, gain.

In the following description, only scan depth information is included.

Each ultrasound image file is a file including scan depth information of ultrasound waves used for capturing each frame for each frame constituting each ultrasound image file.

That is, each ultrasound image file includes scan depth information on how much of each frame constituting the ultrasound image file is captured by an ultrasound having a scan depth.

The ultrasound image file may further include script information for each frame.

In this case, the script information may include various pieces of information to be notified to the ultrasound imaging operator during ultrasound imaging, such as body part information on which part of the body each frame included in the ultrasound image file is photographed.

As described above, the ultrasound image file including parameter information or script information of each frame is pre-made by using various ultrasound images previously photographed for each body part, and existing ultrasound using various image editing software. The ultrasound image file including the parameter information set during the ultrasound imaging may be manufactured in the ultrasound image obtained from the device.

The image file may be produced by arbitrarily selecting an optimal ultrasound image for each body part among ultrasound images of each body part previously photographed by an expert who performs ultrasound imaging. The ultrasound image file may be a file previously prepared for each doctor or each hospital.

In addition, it is obvious that the ultrasound image file may be produced by an ultrasound image photographed directly by an ultrasound control apparatus automatically controlled by an image file or by an ultrasound image photographed by another ultrasound apparatus.

That is, the image storage unit 420 is a means for storing one or more ultrasound image files.

The image processing control unit 410 selects one of the ultrasonic image files stored in the image storage unit, that is, selects one ultrasonic image file in the image storage unit 420, and outputs the audio image file when the selected ultrasonic image file is reproduced. The ultrasonic generator 100 controls the ultrasonic generator 100 to generate ultrasonic signals corresponding to parameter information (ie, scan depth information, etc.) for each frame according to the frames.

In this case, the control unit 400 includes an ultrasonic image file designation unit (not shown) for designating one of the ultrasonic image files stored in the image storage unit 420, and the image processing control unit 410 may include the ultrasonic image. Select the ultrasound image file specified in the file designator.

That is, when any one of the ultrasound image files stored in the image storage unit 420 is selected, the image processing control unit 410 outputs each frame according to an output step of a frame output when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced. The ultrasonic generator 100 is controlled to generate an ultrasonic signal corresponding to the parameter information included in the controller.

In this case, the image processing controller may be configured to generate an ultrasound signal corresponding to the parameter information included in the frame when the selected ultrasound image file is configured as a frame forming a still image image. The operation of the ultrasonic generator 100 is controlled.

For example, if the selected ultrasound image file is a high quality still image file (hereinafter referred to as a (wrist) ultrasound image file) for the wrist part and includes scan depth information of 2 cm, the reproduction of the image frame for the wrist part When the image is output, the ultrasonic generator 100 is automatically controlled to generate an ultrasonic signal having a 2 cm scan depth. That is, an operator who performs an ultrasound test on a wrist part of a patient selects a (wrist) ultrasound image file from an ultrasound image file stored in the image storage unit 420 so that an ultrasound image frame for a wrist part is reproduced. Ultrasound imaging of the wrist portion of the patient may be performed by an ultrasonic signal having a scan depth of 2 cm on the wrist portion without precise manipulation of the device. Therefore, it is possible to take a high quality wrist ultrasound image such as a (wrist) ultrasound image file.

In addition, when the selected ultrasound image file includes a plurality of frames constituting a video, the image processing controller may include an ultrasound signal corresponding to parameter information included in each frame when the plurality of frames included in the selected ultrasound image file are reproduced. The operation of the ultrasonic generator 100 is controlled to be generated.

For example, the selected ultrasound image file is a high quality video file (hereinafter referred to as '(elbow-elbow) ultrasound image file') consisting of 10 frames that extends from the wrist to the elbow, from the first frame to the third frame (wrist). The image frame for the part close to) contains scan depth information of 2 cm, and the fourth to sixth frames (the image frame for the middle part of the wrist and elbow) contain the scan depth information of 3 cm, and from the seventh frame to 10 When the first frame (image frame for elbow) includes scan depth information of 4 cm, an ultrasonic signal corresponding to parameter information included in a frame outputted during reproduction of the (wrist-elbow) ultrasonic image file is generated. The operation of the ultrasonic generator 100 is controlled. That is, an operator performing a continuous ultrasound test from the wrist region of the patient to the elbow region selects an (ultra-elbow) ultrasound image file among the ultrasound image files stored in the image storage unit 420, and an ultrasound image frame for the wrist part. By reproducing, an ultrasonic signal having a scan depth of 2 cm during the first to third frames is output, and an ultrasonic signal having a scan depth of 3 cm during the fourth to sixth frames is finally output from the seventh to ten. While the second frame is output, continuous ultrasound imaging from the wrist portion of the patient to the elbow portion may be performed by an ultrasound signal having a scan depth of 4 cm. Therefore, the ultrasound imaging operator can capture a high quality ultrasound image such as the (wrist-elbow) ultrasound image file by simply moving the probe according to the (wrist-elbow) ultrasound image file to be reproduced.

As described above, controlling the ultrasonic wave generator 100 to correspond to parameter information included in a frame outputted during reproduction of the selected ultrasonic image file may be performed by image software or the like mounted in the image processing controller 410. Can be implemented.

In this case, the parameter information may further include resolution information of an ultrasound image of each frame included in each ultrasound image file. In this case, the resolution information refers to information about the precision of the image generated when the ultrasound image is generated by the ultrasound signal received from the probe 200 in the image acquisition unit 300.

In addition to the resolution information, the parameter information may further include gain information regarding the contrast ratio of the ultrasound image generated by the image acquisition unit 300 and dynamic range information.

In this case, the image processing controller 410 further controls the operation of the image acquisition unit 300 to generate an ultrasound image corresponding to the parameter information for each frame according to a frame output when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced. Done.

That is, the image processing controller 410 controls the image acquisition unit 300 to generate an ultrasound image having the same quality as the image quality of each frame constituting the ultrasound image file selected by the image storage unit 420.

The detailed description thereof will be omitted since it corresponds to the description of the parameter information about the scan depth.

The automatic control ultrasonic apparatus by the image file according to the present invention further includes a display unit 500 connected to the image processing controller 410 and the image storage unit 420.

The display unit 500 is a means for allowing the ultrasound image file selected by the image storage unit 420 to be reproduced and visually displayed.

The controller 410 reproduces the selected ultrasound image file by outputting a frame constituting the selected ultrasound image file to the display unit 500 when any one of the ultrasound image files stored in the image storage unit 420 is selected. .

In this case, the display unit 500 may display the parameter information or script information included in the reproduced ultrasound image file together.

Accordingly, the ultrasound imaging operator visually checks the ultrasound image file reproduced by the display unit 500 and manipulates the probe 200 according to the quality of the ultrasound image file selected by the image storage unit 420. You can shoot images.

In this case, the image processing controller 410 controls the ultrasonic wave generator 100 to generate an ultrasonic signal corresponding to the parameter information of each frame according to the frame output order of the ultrasonic image file reproduced by the display 500. do.

The image processing controller 410 controls the ultrasound image generated by the image acquisition unit 300 to be further output to the display unit 500 together with the frame of the selected ultrasound image file.

That is, by performing the ultrasound image photographed by the automatic control ultrasonic apparatus by the image file according to the present invention to be displayed on the display unit 500 together with the ultrasound image file selected by the image storage unit 420, the ultrasound imaging performer By operating the probe 200 according to the image of the ultrasound image file selected and reproduced by the image storage unit 420, the ultrasound image photographed by the user may obtain a high quality ultrasound image such as an ultrasound image file reproduced.

An image software (Image Softawe) 411 is mounted in the image processing control unit 410 constituting the automatic control ultrasonic apparatus by the image file according to the present invention.

As described above, the image software 411 may include the ultrasound generator 100 as a parameter value corresponding to parameter information of each frame constituting the selected ultrasound image file among the ultrasound image files stored in the image storage unit 420. It is software programmed to control setting values of the ultrasonic generator 100 and / or the image acquisition unit 300 to be operated.

In this case, the image software extracts parameter information included in the selected ultrasound image file from the image storage unit 420 so as to correspond to the extracted parameter information, the ultrasound generating unit 100, the image obtaining unit 300, and the display unit. 500 may be programmed to control operation.

In addition, the image software 411 may be configured by the image processing controller 410 according to parameter information included in an ultrasound image file stored in the image storage unit 420. Ultrasonic waves according to manual parameter information (ie, scanning depth information, focus position information, gain information, dynamic range information, resolution information, contrast information, etc.) manually set by the ultrasonic imaging performer without controlling the operation of The operation of the generator 100 and the image acquirer 300 may be controlled.

That is, the image processing controller 410 has described the operation of the ultrasound generator 100 and / or the image acquirer 300 according to the parameter information included in the ultrasound image file stored in the image storage unit 420. The ultrasonic generator 100 may be selected to control (hereinafter, referred to as an automatic setting method) or the image processing controller 410 according to parameter information included in the ultrasound image file stored in the image storage unit 420. And / or control the operation of the ultrasound generator 100 and the image acquirer 300 by the manual parameter information without controlling the operation of the image acquirer 300 (hereinafter, referred to as a manual setting method). You can choose to.

In this case, the control unit 400 further includes an automatic setting selector 490 connected to the image processing control unit 410 to select the automatic setting method or the manual setting method.

Hereinafter, on the premise of the manual setting method, the ultrasound image is obtained by the manual parameter information set by the manual setting method, and a new ultrasound image file is produced from the obtained ultrasound image to store the image storage unit ( A configuration of the automatic control ultrasonic apparatus using the image file according to the present invention, which can be stored by 420, will be described in detail.

The control unit 400 is connected to the image processing control unit 410, an automatic setting selection unit 490 for selecting an automatic setting method or a manual setting method, a CINE Memory (470) and an image format unit (Image Fomat) 480 more.

The cine memory 470 is connected to the image processing controller 410, and the image format unit 480 is connected to the cine memory 470 and the image storage unit 420, respectively. A detailed description of the cine memory 470 and the image fomat unit 480 will be described later.

The ultrasonic generator 100 constituting the automatic control ultrasonic apparatus by the image file according to the present invention includes an RTC (Real Time Controller) 110 and a pulser (TX) pulser (120).

The RTC 110 receives various parameter information (ie, scan depth information, focus position information, and the like) of the ultrasonic signal from the image processing controller 410 and generates the ultrasonic signal corresponding to the received parameter information. It is a means for controlling the intensity of the high voltage applied to the probe 200 at 120.

The pulser 120 is a means for generating an ultrasonic wave corresponding to the parameter value in the probe 200 by applying a high voltage to the probe 200 under the control of the RTC 110.

In this case, some of the ultrasound signals generated by the probe 200 and transmitted to the object are reflected from the object and received by the probe 200 again. In this case, the ultrasonic signal received by the probe 200 is converted into an electrical signal by the probe 200.

The image acquisition unit 300 includes a Receive Beam Former 310 and an Image Mid Process 320.

The RXBF 310 receives the electrical signal converted by the probe 200 from the probe 200, constructs a scanline from the received electrical signal, and transmits the scan line to the image mid process 320.

The image mid process 320 receiving the scan line forms an image frame and performs additional signal processing (for example, processing of resolution, contrast, etc. of each image frame) to generate an image frame, and to generate the image frame. Transfer to process control unit 410.

The image processing controller 410, in particular, the image software 411 mounted on the image processing controller 410 transmits the image frame generated and transmitted by the image mid process 320 to the display unit 500. It is displayed on the display unit 500 and stored in the cine memory 470. In this case, the image frame displayed on the display unit 500 and stored in the cine memory 470 may be one or more consecutive image frames.

At this time, the image software 411 stores the image frame generated and transmitted in the image mid process 320 and the parameter information applied to the ultrasonic imaging of the image frame together in the cine memory 470.

The automatic control ultrasound apparatus based on the image file according to the present invention is an image frame selection unit (not shown) for selecting the whole or part or any one of the image frames displayed on the display unit 500 to be stored in the image storage unit 420. ).

That is, the performer or operator who performs the ultrasound imaging checks the display unit 500 and selects all or a part or any one of the image frames displayed on the display unit 500 to display the ultrasound image in the image storage unit 420. The image frame selector may be manipulated to be stored as a file.

In this case, when all or part of an image frame displayed on the display unit 500 is selected, the image is stored in the image storage unit 420 as an ultrasound image file of a video, and when one is selected, an ultrasound image file of a still image is selected. The image storage unit 420 will be stored.

When a certain image frame (s) is selected in the image frame selector, the image processing controller 410 transfers the selected image frame (s) to the image formatter 480 and formats it into one ultrasound image file. To be stored in the image storage unit 420.

That is, the image frame (s) selected by the image frame selector are transferred to the image formatter 480, and the image formatter 480 formats the transferred image frame (s) into one ultrasound image file.

At this time, the image format unit 480 is equipped with Achieve Software 481 programmed to format the image frame, and the image frame (s) are to be formatted by the installed Achieve software 481. Can be.

In this case, the image frame selector may be provided with a format selection key (not shown) for further selecting a format type for the image frame (s).

This is because the image frame file generated as described above can be reproduced on the monitor of the ultrasonic imaging apparatus, but cannot be reproduced on a general desktop PC.

That is, the format selection key may format the selected image frame (s) to be reproduced on a general desktop PC or the like (hereinafter referred to as a “playback image form”) or not to be reproduced on a general desktop PC. Format it as a raw image.

In this case, the format selection key may further select whether to format a movie file (eg, avi, mpg) or still image (eg, jpg, png) among the playback image types. .

In addition, the format selection key may further select whether to format the original image in the raw image format or the DICOM image format among the raw image formats.

The image storage unit 420 may include a raw image file unit 430 in which the ultrasound image file (s) formatted in the raw image format are stored, and a sound wave image file (s) formatted in the reproduced image format. ) Is a playback image file unit 440 is stored.

In this case, the raw image file unit 430 may include an original image file unit 431 in which the ultrasound image file (s) formatted in the original image form and an ultrasound image file formatted in the DICOM image form ( ) Includes a DICOM image file unit 432 stored therein.

In addition, the playback image file unit 440 may store the movie file unit 441 in which the ultrasound image file (s) formatted in the form of the movie file and the ultrasound image file (s) formatted in the still image form are stored. Still image file portion 442 is included.

That is, the image frame (s) selected by the image frame selection unit is formatted after being formatted as an ultrasound image file by the Achieve software 481 of the image format unit 480 according to the format selected by the format selection key. Is stored in the file portion corresponding to the reference numeral 431 or 432 or 441 or 442. In this case, since each image frame stored in the cine memory 470 includes parameter information for the image frame, the ultrasound image file is formatted in the image format unit 480 and then stored in the image storage unit 420 ( ) Also includes parameter information for each frame.

Referring to FIG. 4, in the ultrasound image file stored in the original image file unit 431, parameter information of the Image 1 frame and the Image 2 frame is stored as A1, and the parameter information of the Image 3 frame and the Image 4 frame is It is stored as A2, and the parameter information for the Image 5 frame indicates that it is stored as A3. At this time, it is converted into a movie file by the movie maker 450 and stored in the movie file unit 441. At this time, B1 indicates that the script information is stored.

Hereinafter, an automatic setting method using the ultrasound image file (s) formatted by the image formatter 480 and stored in the image storage unit 420 will be described.

The automatic control ultrasonic apparatus by the image file according to the present invention further includes a movie maker 450 and a movie player 460.

The movie maker 450 converts the ultrasound image file (s) stored in the raw image file unit 430 into a reproduced image file type that can be reproduced in a general desktop PC or the like and stores them in the reproduced image file unit 440. It is a means to make it. In this case, when the ultrasound image file stored in the raw image file unit 430 is a moving image file, the ultrasound image file 444 is stored in the movie file unit 441, and in the case of a still image file, the ultrasonic image file unit 442 is stored in the still image file unit 442.

When the ultrasound image file is selected in the image storage unit 420, the image processing controller 410 may be configured to display parameter information included in the selected ultrasound image file in the image processing controller 410. The image player 410 controls the transfer to the image software 411, and the movie player 460 controls the movie player 460 to output and reproduce the frame of the selected ultrasound image file on the display unit 500. 460 controls to transmit the image information of the selected ultrasound image file to the display unit 500.

That is, when the automatic control ultrasonic apparatus based on the image file according to the present invention selects one ultrasonic image file from the image processing control unit 410, the image processing control unit 410 displays a frame of the selected ultrasonic image file in the display unit 500. And the ultrasound generator 100 and / or the image acquisition unit 300 operate according to the parameter information for each frame according to a frame outputted and reproduced and outputted when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced. .

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and the equivalents thereof are included in the scope of the present invention Should be interpreted.

100: ultrasonic generator 110: RTC
120: pulser 200: probe
300: image acquisition unit 310: RXBF
320: image processing 400: control unit
410: image processing control unit 411: image software
420: Image storage unit 430: Raw image file unit
440: Playback image file unit 450: Movie Maker
460: movie player 500: display unit
600: device driver 700: host interface

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An ultrasound apparatus comprising an ultrasound generator for generating ultrasound, a probe for transmitting generated ultrasound to an object, an probe for receiving reflected ultrasound, and an image acquisition unit for generating an ultrasound image from the ultrasound received by the probe,
An image storage unit configured to store one or more ultrasonic image files, each of which is composed of one or more frames and includes parameter information on generation control of ultrasonic waves of each frame; And
Selecting one of the ultrasound image files stored in the image storage unit, and generating an ultrasonic signal corresponding to the parameter information for the generation control of the ultrasonic wave of each frame according to the frame output when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced An image processing control unit controlling a negative operation; Automatically controlled ultrasonic device by an image file comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The parameter information further includes information on the ultrasound image processing control of each frame.
The image processing controller may further control an operation of the image acquisition unit to generate an ultrasound image corresponding to parameter information of each frame according to a frame output when the selected ultrasound image file is reproduced. Automatically controlled ultrasonic device.
3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Further comprising a display unit connected to the image processing control unit and the image storage unit,
And the image processing controller controls the frame of the selected ultrasound image file to be outputted and reproduced on the display unit.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The image processing controller controls the ultrasonic generator to generate an ultrasonic signal corresponding to the parameter information of each frame according to the frame output order of the ultrasonic image file reproduced by the display unit. Device.
The method of claim 3, wherein
And the image processing controller controls the ultrasound image generated by the image acquisition unit to be further output to the display unit together with the frame of the selected ultrasound image file.
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