Apparatus and method for processing echocardiogram using navier-stokes equation

[특허 요약] 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.

특허 등록번호

20150164468A

특허 출원번호

201414538039

출원일

2014.11.11

등록일

2015.06.18

국가

미국

출원인

기초과학연구원

발명자

Chi Young Ahn, Ki Wan Jeon, Sung Ho Kang

중요 키워드

blood flow, echocardiograms, dimensional model, left ventricle, heart