US 12,446,850 B2
Ultrasound imaging device and operation method thereof
Donggue Lee, Seoul (KR); Sangha Song, Seoul (KR); Gunwoo Lee, Seoul (KR); Hokyung Kang, Seoul (KR); and Jaekwang Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-Do (KR)
Appl. No. 17/797,647
Filed by SAMSUNG MEDISON CO., LTD., Gangwon-do (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/018463
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/187725, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0034668 (KR), filed on Mar. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0058450 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/085 (2013.01) [A61B 8/14 (2013.01); A61B 8/461 (2013.01); A61B 8/469 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operation method of an ultrasound imaging device, comprising:
obtaining, by a processor, a plurality of ultrasound images by receiving an echo signal reflected from an object using an ultrasound probe and image-processing the received echo signal;
obtaining, by the processor, a setting value of a scan parameter of each of the plurality of ultrasound images
calculating, by the processor, suitability of each of the plurality of ultrasound images as an input image for a diagnostic algorithm for diagnosing a lesion based on the setting value of the scan parameter of each of the plurality of ultrasound images, wherein the diagnostic algorithm includes at least one of a hepatorenal index (HRI) algorithm, a tissue scatter distribution image (TSI) algorithm or a tissue attenuation image (TAI) algorithm, and wherein the suitability is a numerical value;
displaying, by the processor, the calculated suitability of each of the plurality of ultrasound images on a display of the ultrasound imaging device;
automatically freezing, by the processor, at least one ultrasound image among the plurality of ultrasound images based on the calculated suitability of the at least one ultrasound image being greater than a preset threshold;
determining, by the processor, the at least one frozen ultrasound image as an input ultrasound image to be input to the diagnostic algorithm among the plurality of ultrasound images;
inputting, by the processor, the determined input ultrasound image to the diagnostic algorithm; and
measuring, by the processor, a numerical value indicating at least one of a hepatorenal index, a degree of scattering, or a degree of attenuation of the determined input ultrasound image using the diagnostic algorithm.