An apparatus includes an imaging probe and is configured for dynamically arranging presentation of visual feedback for guiding manual adjustment, via the probe, of a location, and orientation, associated with the probe. The arranging is selectively based on comparisons between fields of view of the probe and respective results of segmenting image data acquired via the probe. In an embodiment, the feedback does not include a grayscale depiction of the image data. Coordinate system transformations corresponding to respective comparisons may be computed. The selecting may be based upon and dynamically responsive to content of imaging being dynamically acquired via the probe.

An apparatus includes an imaging probe and is configured for dynamically arranging presentation of visual feedback (144) for guiding manual adjustment, via the probe, of a location, and orientation, associated with the probe. The arranging is selectively based on comparisons (321) between fields of view of the probe and respective results of segmenting image data acquired via the probe. In an embodiment, the feedback does not include (175) a grayscale depiction of the image data. Coordinate system trans formations corresponding to respective comparisons may be computed. The selecting may be based upon and dynamically responsive to content of imaging being dynamically acquired via the probe.

Provided is an ultrasound apparatus including: a transmitter configured to generate and output a transmission signal; an ultrasound probe configured to convert the transmission signal output from the transmitter into an ultrasound signal and transmit the ultrasound signal to a target object, and receive an echo signal reflected from the target object and output a reception signal on the basis of the echo-signal; a transmission/reception switch configured to attenuate the transmission signal output from the transmitter and output the attenuated transmission signal, and output the reception signal output from the ultrasound probe; and a receiver configured to receive the attenuated and output transmission signal and the output reception signal, and detect transmission waveform information on the basis of the attenuated transmission signal.

A garment has ultrasonic sensors placed on a patient's body, which solves problems associated with poor contact between the ultrasonic sensors and the portion to be imaged, by using feedback to improve contact and/or to eliminate transceivers with bad emission patterns.