Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus for self-diagnosis and remote-diagnosis, and method of operating the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus
US10617385B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 24, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method enabling general users to easily acquire ultrasound images even when the users are unskilled at using ultrasound diagnosis apparatuses, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having the ultrasound diagnosis method recorded thereon are provided. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a probe configured to acquire ultrasound data of an object; an image generation unit configured to generate an ultrasound image of the object by using the ultrasound data; a probe location acquisition unit configured to acquire a location of the probe on the object; a display unit configured to display the location of the probe and a reference location on an image representing the object; and a control unit configured to determine whether the location of the probe corresponds to the reference location.
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