Providing color doppler image based on qualification curve information in ultrasound system

摘要

There are provided embodiments for providing a color Doppler image based on qualification curve information. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound data corresponding to a living body including a moving target object; a storage unit for storing qualification curve information for determining blood flow signals of the target object, clutter signals and noise based on velocity and power components of Doppler signals; and a processing unit configured to form first Doppler signals based on the ultrasound data, perform a clutter filtering process upon the first Doppler signals to form second Doppler signals, calculate velocity and power components of the second Doppler signals, form a color Doppler image based on the calculated velocity and power components, and perform a blending process upon the color Doppler image based on the calculated velocity and power components and the qualification curve information.

主权项

1. An ultrasound system, comprising:
an ultrasound data acquisition unit including a probe configured to acquire ultrasound data corresponding to a living body including a moving target object; a storage unit configured to store qualification curve information, the qualification curve information including blood flow signals of the target object, clutter signals and noise based on velocity and power components of Doppler signals; and a processing unit coupled to the ultrasound data acquisition unit and the storage unit, the processing unit including at least one of a central processing unit, a microprocessor, or a graphic processing unit, the processing unit configured to form first Doppler signals based on the ultrasound data, perform a clutter filtering process upon the first Doppler signals to form second Doppler signals, calculate velocity and power components of the second Doppler signals, form a color Doppler image based on the calculated velocity and power components, and perform a blending process upon the color Doppler image based on the calculated velocity and power components and the qualification curve information, wherein the qualification curve information includes a qualification curve for determining a first region corresponding to the blood flow signals, a second region corresponding to the clutter signals, a third region corresponding to the noise, a fourth region comprising a portion of the blood flow signals region and a portion of the clutter signals region, and a fifth region comprising a portion of the blood flow signals region and a portion of the noise region, and wherein the processing unit is configured to: set transparency of the fourth region different from transparency of the first region and the second region and transparency of the fifth region different from transparency of the first region and the third region in the color Doppler image based on the qualification curve information; perform a transparency process upon the color Doppler image based on the transparency of the fourth region and the transparency of the fifth region; detect a region corresponding to the calculated velocity and power components among the first to fifth regions of the qualification curve information; form qualification analysis information including the detected region; and perform the blending process based on the qualification analysis information.