An ultrasound system which is capable of biplane imaging is able to display, store and export independent image frames of only the reference image or only the variable orientation image, or the standard display of both images. The system is also able to sweep through a range of image plane orientations and automatically acquire an image in each orientation over the range of plane orientations. The system is preferably operable in the biplane tilt mode, the biplane rotate mode, or the biplane elevation tilt mode.

An object of the invention is to provide an ultrasonic imaging device that has a function of setting an optimal velocity range and baseline as initial settings for a target blood flow at the start of spectral Doppler. A control unit that controls transmission and reception of an ultrasonic imaging device performs a first blood flow measurement for acquiring a two-dimensional distribution of blood flow information, and a second blood flow measurement for acquiring a spectrum of a blood flow velocity. A calculation unit that performs Doppler calculation includes: a blood flow velocity estimation unit that estimates a blood flow velocity causing no aliasing, and a measurement condition calculation unit that calculates a measurement condition of the second blood flow measurement by using the blood flow velocity causing no aliasing. The control unit starts the second blood flow measurement under the measurement condition calculated by the measurement condition calculation unit.

An ultrasound imaging system and method includes acquiring an image with an ultrasound probe, displaying the image on a touch screen, and detecting a first touch gesture inputted via the touch screen. The ultrasound imaging system and method includes selecting a region of the image based on the first touch gesture, detecting a second touch gesture inputted via the touch screen, and adjusting a value of an ultrasound parameter for the region of the image based on the second touch gesture

A system and method for synchronizing caliper measurements in a multi-frame 2D image and an anatomical M-mode image is provided. The method may include selecting a frame of a multi-frame 2D image of a region of interest. The method may include positioning a first caliper measurement on the selected frame. The method may include generating an anatomical M-mode image based on a direction of the first caliper measurement. The method may include automatically overlaying a second caliper measurement on the anatomical M-mode image, the second caliper measurement corresponding with the first caliper measurement on the selected frame. The method may include presenting the selected frame having the first caliper measurement simultaneously with the anatomical motion mode image having the second caliper measurement at a display system.

A method for controlling an image appearance in ultrasound system comprising the steps of: providing a set of image appearance feature control parameters (401, 402, 403), each one of which is related to an image appearance feature according to a pre-defined relation between a value scale of the said image appearance feature control parameter (401, 402, 403) and an image appearance related to a certain condition of the corresponding image appearance feature; generating a relation between the value of each image appearance feature control parameter (401, 402, 403) and the value of the standard workflow setting parameters (411, 412, 413) of a combination of standard workflow setting parameters (410) influencing the said image appearance feature; varying automatically the value of the one or more of the said standard workflow setting parameters (411, 412, 413) of the combination of standard workflow setting parameters (410) influencing an image appearance feature as a function of a variation of the value of the corresponding image appearance feature control parameters (401, 402, 403) for obtaining the image appearance feature variation requested by the variation of the said image appearance feature control parameter (401, 402, 403); visualizing of the image with the requested image appearance feature. The invention also relates to an image appearance feature control user interface operating according to the method and to an ultrasound system comprising an image appearance feature control interface.

An ultrasound system (10) which is capable of biplane imaging is able to display, store and export independent image frames of only the reference image or only the variable orientation image, or the standard display of both images. The system is also able to sweep through a range of image plane orientations and to automatically acquire an image in each orientation over the range of plane orientations. The system is preferably operable in the biplane tilt mode, the biplane rotate mode, or the biplane elevation tilt mode.

An ultrasound image processing method including: calculating motion amounts of pixel regions in one frame receive signal, based on receive signal units corresponding to identical pixel regions included in at least two frame receive signals; calculating cumulative motion amounts, each corresponding to a target pixel region in the one frame receive signal, by cumulating motion amounts corresponding to pixel regions in the one frame receive signal located substantially along a direction of transmission of the ultrasound beam from a pixel region located at an upstream end of an ultrasound beam to the target pixel region; calculating enhancement amounts for receive signal units corresponding to the pixel regions included in the one frame receive signal, the enhancement amounts being based on the motion amounts and the cumulative motion amounts; and enhancing the receive signal units based on the enhancement amounts.

A system (800) includes an acquisition engine (837) that acquires ultrasound data for two or more modes with a first acquisition algorithm, including an image mode and a special mode. A rendering engine (834) employs a first rendering algorithm and displays the image in a main display window (902) and the special mode ultrasound data in a viewport (906) superimposed over the main display window. The acquisition engine acquires ultrasound data for the special mode using a second acquisition algorithm and the rendering engine displays a first portion of the generated special mode ultrasound data over the main display window and a second portion of the generated special mode ultrasound data over the viewport using a second rendering algorithm in response to the system receiving an input signal indicative of a movement of the viewport from a first location of the main display window to a second different position of the main display window.

Provided is a method of adjusting brightness of an ultrasound image including: generating at least one first image representing a region of interest (ROI) by using echo signals corresponding to ultrasound waves irradiated toward the ROI; adjusting brightness of the at least one first image based on an external signal for selecting at least one selected from a plurality of prestored gradation data and a plurality of prestored image data; and generating a second image representing the ROI based on the adjusted brightness.

A system and method for synchronizing caliper measurements in a multi-frame 2D image and an anatomical M-mode image is provided. The method may include selecting a frame of a multi-frame 2D image of a region of interest. The method may include positioning a first caliper measurement on the selected frame. The method may include generating an anatomical M-mode image based on a direction of the first caliper measurement. The method may include automatically overlaying a second caliper measurement on the anatomical M-mode image, the second caliper measurement corresponding with the first caliper measurement on the selected frame. The method may include presenting the selected frame having the first caliper measurement simultaneously with the anatomical motion mode image having the second caliper measurement at a display system.