System of forming ultrasound image and method of forming scan line data

摘要

There are provided an ultrasound imaging system and a method of forming a plurality of scan lines and frames by using receiving signals provided by transducers in a probe. Main scan lines, which are selected among the scan lines and supplement scan lines determined with the others, are assigned to each scan line data forming unit in the ultrasound imaging system. A partial data of the main scan line and a first supplement data of the supplement scan line are formed with receive data obtained from receive signals from at least one transducer. A second supplement data provided from other scan line data forming units is applied to the partial data of the main scan line to form a scan line data of the main scan line.

主权项

1. An ultrasound imaging system for forming scan line data and frames, comprising:
a probe including transducers configured to provide analog receiving signals corresponding to a plurality of scan lines; a receiver configured to convert the analog receiving signals into digital signals and to provide receiving data; a plurality of scan line data forming circuits,
wherein a first scan line data forming circuit among the plurality of scan line data forming circuits is configured to assign a portion of the scan lines as main scan lines and the rest of the scan lines as supplement scan lines among the plurality of scan lines, andwherein the first scan line data forming circuit
forms first supplement data corresponding to the supplement scan lines based on the receiving data,provides the first supplement data to other scan line data forming circuits among the plurality of scan line data forming circuits,receives second supplement data corresponding to the main scan lines from the other scan line data forming circuits, andforms scan line data corresponding to the main scan lines by using the second supplement data and the receiving data; and a frame data forming circuit configured to receive the scan line data from all of the scan line data forming circuits and to form frame data, wherein the first scan line data forming circuit does not provide the second supplement data to the other scan line data forming circuits.