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Image processing apparatus, control method thereof, and ultrasound imaging apparatus

US10687788B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 17, 2015
Grant dateJun 23, 2020
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01S7/52049
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a speckle energy analyzer configured to analyze speckle energy of an ultrasound image signal, the ultrasound image signal being received from an ultrasound probe, and an image decomposer configured to decompose the ultrasound image signal into one or more ultrasound image signals of different frequency bands, based on the analyzed speckle energy of the ultrasound image signal.

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