Invention Application
US20150164468A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ECHOCARDIOGRAM USING NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION
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使用NAVIER-STOKES公式处理EOCOCARDIOGRAM的装置和方法
- Patent Title: APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ECHOCARDIOGRAM USING NAVIER-STOKES EQUATION
- Patent Title (中): 使用NAVIER-STOKES公式处理EOCOCARDIOGRAM的装置和方法
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Application No.: US14538039Application Date: 2014-11-11
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Publication No.: US20150164468A1Publication Date: 2015-06-18
- Inventor: CHI YOUNG AHN , KI WAN JEON , SUNG HO KANG
- Applicant: INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE
- Priority: KR10-2013-0155880 20131213
- Main IPC: A61B8/08
- IPC: A61B8/08 ; G06T17/00 ; A61B8/06

Abstract:
An apparatus and method for processing an echocardiogram using the Navier-Stokes equation is provided. The apparatus includes an ultrasonic sensor that transmits ultrasonic waves to the heart in three different directions and receives echoes thereof; an image processor that constructs first to third echocardiograms captured from the three different directions, respectively, based on the received echoes of the ultrasonic waves; a three-dimensional model construction unit that constructs a three-dimensional model of a left ventricle of the heart based on the first to third echocardiograms; and a blood flow vector calculation unit that calculates blood flow vectors within the left ventricle by applying the three-dimensional model of the left ventricle to boundary conditions in the Navier-Stokes equation. In echocardiogram processing, vector components of the blood flow within the left ventricle are calculated using the Navier-Stokes equation, whereby the vector components of the blood flow can be more accurately calculated.
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