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20090131787 | Adaptive Image Filtering In An Ultrasound Imaging Device - The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging device. The ultrasound imaging device includes: a data acquiring unit for acquiring 3-dimensional ultrasound image data based on receive signals formed based on ultrasound echoes reflected from a target object; a filtering unit for determining a size of a filtering mask of a filter, said size being adaptively determined according to an amount of the 3-dimensional ultrasound image data in data acquisition directions, the filtering unit being further configured to filter the 3-dimensional ultrasound image data by using the filtering mask; a scan converting unit for scan-converting the filtered 3-dimensional ultrasound image data; and a 3-dimensional rendering unit for performing 3-dimensional rendering upon the scan-converted 3-dimensional ultrasound image data to form a 3-dimensional ultrasound image. | 05-21-2009 |
20090149542 | COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING NEURONAL DEATH OR NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION - The present invention relates to 2-hydroxy-alkylamino-benzoic acid derivatives and to a combination of cell necrosis inhibitor and lithium, process for the preparation of the derivatives or the combination, pharmaceutical formulation containing the derivatives or the combination, and use of the derivatives or the combination by either concomitant or sequential administration for improvement of treatment of neuronal death or neurological dysfunction. The derivatives and the combination of the present invention are useful for treating neurological diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease), spinal muscular atrophy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury; and for treating ocular diseases such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy or macular degeneration. | 06-11-2009 |
20090156934 | Ultrasound Imaging System Including A Graphic Processing Unit - The present invention relates to an ultrasound imaging system. The ultrasound imaging system includes an ultrasound diagnostic unit and an image processing unit. The ultrasound diagnostic unit transmits ultrasound signals to a target object and forms receive data based on ultrasound echo signals reflected from the target object. The image processing unit forms an ultrasound image based on the receive data. The image processing unit includes a graphic processing unit configured to perform at least one of functions including processing the receive data to form image data, performing scan conversion upon the image data to form scan-converted data suitable for display, and rendering and filtering the scan-converted data to form pixel data. | 06-18-2009 |
20090171214 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING ULTRASOUND IMAGE SIGNALS WITH MULTIPROCESSING - The present invention relates to an ultrasound system. The ultrasound system comprises: a probe for transmitting an ultrasound beam along a plurality of scan lines in a target object and output receive signals based on ultrasound echoes reflected from the target object; a beam forming unit for applying delays to the receive signals and sum the delayed receive signals to thereby form scan line signals corresponding to the respective scan lines; a multiprocessing unit including a plurality of processors, each being configured to individually process a part of the scan line signals to output sub-image signals, the multiprocessing unit being configured to synthesize the sub-image signals to output ultrasound image signals corresponding to one image frame; and an image processing unit for performing an image processing upon the ultrasound image signals for display. | 07-02-2009 |
20100099990 | Doppler Signal Processing For An Enhanced Spectral Doppler Image - Embodiment for processing Doppler signals for an enhanced spectral Doppler image in an ultrasound system is disclosed. The Doppler signals, which are obtained by transmitting/receiving an ultrasound signal to/from a target object, are window-processed with a plurality of windows, each of the windows having different sizes. The window-processed Doppler signals are transformed into a plurality of frequency-domain Doppler signals. The transformed Doppler signals are compounded and then a spectral Doppler image is formed based on the compound Doppler signals. | 04-22-2010 |
20110118604 | PROVIDING AN ULTRASOUND SPATIAL COMPOUND IMAGE IN AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Embodiments for providing an ultrasound spatial compound image are disclosed. In one embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, an ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from a target object based on a plurality of steering angles to thereby output a plurality of ultrasound data for obtaining a plurality of ultrasound images corresponding to the steering angles; and a processing unit in communication with the ultrasound data acquisition unit, the processing unit being configured to form the ultrasound images based on the ultrasound data, decompose each of the ultrasound images into a low pass image having a low frequency component and a high pass image having a high frequency component, perform a blending process of removing a seam artifact upon the low pass image and the high pass image for each of the ultrasound images, form a plurality of restoration images by composing the blended low pass image and the high pass image, and form an ultrasound spatial compound image based on the restoration images. | 05-19-2011 |
20110137168 | PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGE BASED ON A SUB REGION OF INTEREST IN AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Embodiments for providing a three-dimensional ( | 06-09-2011 |
20110144489 | ADAPTIVE CLUTTER FILTERING METHOD AND ULTRASOUND SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - There is disclosed an embodiment for adaptive clutter filtering. A signal acquisition unit transmits and receives ultrasound signals to and from a target object to output baseband IQ signals. A memory stores an error condition, a filter decision condition and information on at least two of filters for filtering the baseband IQ signals. A user interface receives a filter selection condition for selecting at least two filters among a plurality of filters stored in the memory. A processor extracts at least two of filters from the memory according to the filter selection condition and the error condition, decides a filter among the extracted at least two of filters and filters the baseband IQ signals by using filter coefficients of the decided filter. | 06-16-2011 |
20110313292 | ADAPTIVE CLUTTER FILTERING IN AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Embodiments for adaptively performing clutter filtering upon in an ultrasound system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the ultrasound system includes: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit ultrasound signals to a target object and receive ultrasound echoes reflected from the target object to thereby acquire ultrasound data; and a processing unit configured to form a Doppler signal corresponding to each of a plurality of pixels constructing a Doppler mode image based on the ultrasound data, as well as to adjust coefficients of a clutter filter based on characteristics of the Doppler signal for each of the pixels for performing clutter filtering upon the Doppler signal. | 12-22-2011 |
20120059263 | PROVIDING A COLOR DOPPLER MODE IMAGE IN AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Embodiments for providing a color Doppler mode image are disclosed. In one embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, an ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit and receive ultrasound signals to and from a living body to acquire first ultrasound data and second ultrasound data; a user input unit configured to receive input information corresponding to a region of interest and a balance threshold value having a predetermined brightness value; and a processing unit configured to form a brightness mode image and a color Doppler mode image corresponding to the region of interest based on the first and second ultrasound data, respectively, form a balance mask for performing a balance process upon the color Doppler mode image based on the brightness mode image and the input information, and perform the balance process upon the color Doppler mode image based on the balance mask. | 03-08-2012 |
20120108964 | PERFORMING GAIN CONTROL PROCESS BASED ON APPLICATION IN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Embodiments for performing a gain control process based on information of at least one gain control curve corresponding to at least one application are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, by way of non-limiting example, an ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to acquire ultrasound data corresponding to a living body; a storage unit for storing information of at least one gain control curve corresponding to at least one application; and a processing unit configured to extract information a gain control curve corresponding to input information for selecting an application from the storage unit, form a gain control curve based on the extracted information, and perform a gain control process upon the ultrasound data based on the gain control curve. | 05-03-2012 |
20120130249 | PROVIDING COLOR DOPPLER IMAGE BASED ON QUALIFICATION CURVE INFORMATION IN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - 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. | 05-24-2012 |
20120301551 | COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING NEURONAL DEATH OR NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION - The present invention relates to 2-hydroxy-alkylamino-benzoic acid derivatives and to a combination of cell necrosis inhibitor and lithium, process for the preparation of the derivatives or the combination, pharmaceutical formulation containing the derivatives or the combination, and use of the derivatives or the combination by either concomitant or sequential administration for improvement of treatment of neuronal death or neurological dysfunction. The derivatives and the combination of the present invention are useful for treating neurological diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig's disease), spinal muscular atrophy, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury; and for treating ocular diseases such as glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy or macular degeneration. | 11-29-2012 |
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20140009709 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes: a substrate; a gate line, a common electrode line and a data line formed on the substrate; an insulating layer formed on the gate line, the common electrode line and the data line; a pixel electrode formed on the insulating layer; a microcavity formed on the pixel electrode and including a liquid crystal injection hole; a common electrode formed on the microcavity; a support member formed on the common electrode; and a capping layer formed on the support member and covering the liquid crystal injection hole, in which the common electrode line and the common electrode are connected to each other through a contact hole formed in a passivation layer. | 01-09-2014 |
20140049458 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a first switching element which transmits a first data voltage; a second switching element which transmits a second data voltage; a driving transistor connected to the first switching element and the second switching element, where the driving transistor is driven based on the first data voltage and the second data voltage; and an organic light emitting diode connected to the driving transistor, where the organic light emitting diode emits light based on an output of the driving transistor, and a driving method thereof. | 02-20-2014 |
20140055726 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display including: an insulation substrate; a microcavity formed on the insulation substrate; a pixel electrode and a common electrode formed in the microcavity on the insulation substrate; and a liquid crystal layer position in the microcavity, and a manufacturing method thereof. | 02-27-2014 |
20140092078 | Display Panel - A display device includes a display area including a gate line and a data line and a gate driver connected to an end of the gate line, the gate driver including at least one stages integrated on a substrate configured to output a gate voltage, in which the stage includes an inverter unit and an output unit, in which the output unit includes a first transistor and a first capacitor. The first transistor includes an input terminal applied with a clock signal, a control terminal connected to the node Q, and an output terminal connected to a gate voltage output terminal through which the gate voltage is output. An inverter voltage output from the inverter is lower than the low voltage of the gate voltage output by the output unit. | 04-03-2014 |
20150041628 | LIGHT SENSITIVE CIRCUIT, LIGHT SENSING PANEL HAVING THE LIGHT SENSITIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE LIGHT SENSING PANEL - A light sensitive circuit includes a light sensing capacitor and a driving transistor. The light sensing capacitor is configured to sense light of a predetermined one or more wavelengths. The driving transistor includes a gate electrode electrically connected to the light sensing capacitor and is configured to generate a light sensing current according to a voltage of the gate electrode in the driving transistor. A light sensing accuracy and a light sensing signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the display apparatus including a plurality of such light sensing capacitors may be improved relative to ones that do not include such light sensing capacitors. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042547 | GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driver, including multiple stages of gate driving circuits, wherein each stage of the gate driving circuits includes an input part configured to generate a Q node signal in response to a carry signal of one of previous stages and a clock signal, the Q node signal being applied to Q node, an output part configured to output a gate output signal to a gate output terminal in response to the Q node signal, and a charge sharing part connected to the gate output terminal of a present stage and a gate output terminal of one of next stages, the charge sharing part configured to operate charge-sharing between the gate output signal of the present stage and a gate output signal of one of the next stages in response to a select signal. | 02-12-2015 |
20150042689 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit and a display apparatus having the gate driving circuit, in which the gate driving circuit includes a voltage adjusting part using a low clock signal to increase the reliability of the gate driving circuit, thereby extending the lifetime of the gate driving circuit. | 02-12-2015 |
20150077407 | GATE DRIVER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driver circuit includes an N-th stage (‘N’ is a natural number) The N-th stage (‘N’ is a natural number) includes a pull-up part configured to output an N-th gate signal using a first clock signal in response to a node signal of the control node, a carry part configured to output an N-th carry signal using the first clock signal in response to the node signal of the control node, an first output part connected to an n-th gate line and configured to output an n-th gate signal using the N-th gate signal in response to a second clock signal having a period shorter than the first clock signal (‘n’ is a natural number), and a second output part connected to an (n+1)-th gate line and configured to output an (n+1)-th gate signal using the N-th gate signal in response to an second inversion clock signal having a phase opposite to the second clock signal. | 03-19-2015 |
20150206490 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit includes: a pull-up controller applying a carry signal of one of previous stages to a first node in response to the carry signal of the one of the previous stages; a pull-up part outputting a clock signal as an N-th gate output signal; a carry part outputting the clock signal as an N-th carry signal; a first pull-down part pulling down the signal at the first node to a second off voltage; a second pull-down part pulling down the N-th gate output signal to a first off voltage; an inverting part generating an inverting signal based on the clock signal and the second off voltage to output the inverting signal to an inverting node; and a reset part outputting a reset signal to the inverting node. | 07-23-2015 |
20150263722 | GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driver includes a plurality of stages connected to each other in a cascade manner, where each of the stages includes an input unit which connects a first input terminal and a first node and includes a first input transistor and a second input transistor, where an output terminal of the first input transistor and an input terminal of the second input transistor are connected to a second node, and the input unit further includes a storage capacitor which connects the first input terminal and the second node. | 09-17-2015 |
20150287376 | GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A gate driver and a display device are disclosed. In one aspect, the gate driver includes a plurality of stages connected in cascade. Each of the stages includes an input unit, an output unit and a carry signal generator. The input unit connects a first input terminal and a first node and includes a first input transistor and a second input transistor. The output unit connects the first node and a first output terminal and includes an output transistor and an output capacitor. The carry signal generator connects a clock terminal and a second output terminal. An output terminal of the first input transistor and an input terminal of the second input terminal are connected to a second node. The input unit further includes a diode-connected transistor applying a carry signal from the first output terminal to the second node. | 10-08-2015 |
20150293417 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE - A display substrate includes a base substrate including a display area in which signal lines and pixels are arranged and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, pads disposed in the peripheral area and receiving an electrical signal, fan-out lines connecting the pads and the signal lines, and static electricity breakup circuits comprising a breakup line that crosses the fan-out lines, and static electricity prevention circuits respectively connected to the fan-out lines. Parts of the static electricity prevention circuits are connected to adjacent fan-out lines and are commonly connected to the one of the breakup lines through a common contact part. | 10-15-2015 |
20150325192 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display device includes a display area including a gate line and a data line and a gate driver connected to an end of the gate line, the gate driver including at least one stages integrated on a substrate configured to output a gate voltage, in which the stage includes an inverter unit and an output unit, in which the output unit includes a first transistor and a first capacitor. The first transistor includes an input terminal applied with a clock signal, a control terminal connected to the node Q, and an output terminal connected to a gate voltage output terminal through which the gate voltage is output. An inverter voltage output from the inverter is lower than the low voltage of the gate voltage output by the output unit. | 11-12-2015 |
20150356909 | GATE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A gate driver includes a stage including an input unit including a first transistor diode-connected to a first input terminal of the stage through a first node and biased by a first input signal of the first input terminal, an output unit including a second transistor including a gate electrode coupled to the first node, a first electrode coupled to a clock input terminal, and a second electrode coupled to a first output terminal of the stage, a capacitor coupled between the gate electrode and the second electrode of the second transistor, and a noise remover including a third transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a second node, a first electrode coupled to the first node, and a second electrode coupled to a first voltage input terminal of the stage which receives a first voltage. | 12-10-2015 |
20150358018 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit including a plurality of gate driving units respectively coupled to a plurality of gate lines, each of the plurality of gate driving units includes a carry unit configured to output a carry signal, a pull-up unit configured to output a gate signal, and a pull-down unit configured to pull down an output node of the gate signal. The frequency control signal is configured to controlling a frequency of outputting the gate signal | 12-10-2015 |
20160042694 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A pixel circuit and an OLED display including the same are disclosed. The pixel circuit includes a driving transistor having a double gate structure, the driving transistor including a first gate electrode electrically connected to a first node, a second gate electrode electrically connected to a second node, a first electrode electrically connected to a first power supply voltage, and a second electrode electrically connected to the anode of the OLED. The pixel circuit also includes a switching transistor including a gate electrode configured to receive a scan signal, a first electrode configured to receive a data voltage, and a second electrode electrically connected to the first node. The pixel circuit further includes a storage capacitor and a compensation capacitor including a first electrode electrically connected to the second node and a second electrode electrically connected to the first electrode of the driving transistor. | 02-11-2016 |
20160104424 | PIXEL, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND THIN FILM TRANSISTOR (TFT) SUBSTRATE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel, a display device having the same, and a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate for the display device are disclosed. In one aspect, the pixel includes an emitter configured to emit light based at least in part on a driving current. The pixel also includes a driving transistor including an active layer, a first electrode electrically connected to a first end portion of the active layer, a second electrode electrically connected to a second end portion of the active layer, a first gate electrode configured to receive a data voltage from a data driver so as to form a channel in the active layer, and a second gate electrode configured to receive a bias voltage from a voltage source, wherein the channel is configured to adjust the driving current. | 04-14-2016 |