Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus for self-diagnosis and remote-diagnosis, and method of operating the ultrasound diagnosis apparatus
US10660607B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 26, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG16H40/67
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
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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