| CPC A61B 8/4472 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/5246 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
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1. An ultrasound system comprising:
an ultrasound probe and an image display device that are wirelessly connected to each other,
wherein the ultrasound probe includes:
a transducer array;
a processor configured to:
generate a sound ray signal by directing the transducer array to transmit and receive ultrasonic waves,
generate image information data on the basis of the sound ray signal,
compress the image information data, and
set a compression ratio of the image information data; and
a wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits the image information data compressed by the processor in the ultrasound probe to the image display device,
wherein the image display device includes:
a processor configured to:
decode the image information data wirelessly transmitted from the ultrasound probe, and
set an inspection mode to be performed among a plurality of predetermined inspection modes;
a display unit that displays an ultrasound image on the basis of the image information data decoded by the processor in the image display device; and
a wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits a type of the inspection mode set by the processor in the image display device to the ultrasound probe, and
wherein the processor in the ultrasound probe is further configured to:
in a case in which the type of the inspection mode set by the processor in the image display device is a frame unit mode for displaying a first ultrasound image indicating a tomographic image of tissues of a subject as the ultrasound image in units of frames,
set a predetermined first compression ratio, and
compress the image information data corresponding to the first ultrasound image at the first compression ratio,
in a case in which the type of the inspection mode set by the processor in the image display device is a scroll mode for displaying a second ultrasound image indicating a time-series change in the tissues of the subject and extending toward one direction over time, as the ultrasound image,
generate a plurality of divided image signals having a predetermined length in the one direction as the image information data by dividing the second ultrasound image at an interval of a predetermined time,
set a second compression ratio for the plurality of the divided signals which is lower than the first compression ratio, and
compress each of the plurality of divided image signals at the second compression ratio.
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