Ultrasound system having variable lookup table and method for managing variable lookup table

1. An ultrasound system, comprising:

a hardware processor;

a display coupled to the hardware processor; and

computer-readable memory comprising programs that, when executed by the hardware processor, perform operations comprising:

acquiring ultrasound data on Cartesian coordinates with respect to a sample, on spherical coordinates, such that the spherical coordinates undergo a three-dimensional (3D) conversion to the Cartesian coordinates;

generating a variable lookup table according to a location of the sample on the spherical coordinates corresponding to the acquired ultrasound data;

performing 3D rendering with reference to the generated variable lookup table; and

displaying a result of the 3D rendering,

wherein the variable lookup table stores the location of the sample and,

wherein the generating the variable lookup table comprises:

generating variable lookup tables in various sizes based on the spherical coordinates of the sample,

wherein the variable lookup table:

sets a size of a first lookup table to 1 generated corresponding to a location where the focus is on, and

gradually decreases a size of at least another lookup table, wherein the another lookup table is generated corresponding to a location close to the location corresponding to the first lookup table.

2. The ultrasound system of claim 1 , wherein the programs that perform the operation comprise:

selecting a different sample location on the acquired ultrasound data according to a request from a user;

regenerating the variable lookup table according to the selected sample location;

performing another 3D rendering with reference to the regenerated variable lookup table; and

displaying another result of the another 3D rendering.

3. A method of managing a variable lookup table in an ultrasound system comprising a hardware processor which executes the method, the method comprising:

acquiring ultrasound data on Cartesian coordinates with respect to a sample on Cartesian coordinates used for 3D scan conversion from the spherical coordinates to the Cartesian coordinates;

generating the variable lookup table according to a location of the sample on the spherical coordinates corresponding to the acquired ultrasound data;

performing 3D rendering, with reference to the generated variable lookup table; and

displaying a result of the 3D rendering,

wherein the variable lookup table stores the location of the sample;

generating variable lookup tables in various sizes based on the spherical coordinates of the sample,

wherein the variable lookup table sets a size of a first lookup table to 1 generated corresponding to a location where the focus is on, and

gradually decrease a size of at least another lookup table, wherein the another lookup table is generated corresponding to a location close to the location corresponding to the first lookup table.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the method further comprises:

selecting a different sample location on the acquired ultrasound data according to a request from the user;

regenerating the variable lookup table according to the selected sample location;

performing another 3D rendering, with reference to the regenerated variable lookup table; and

displaying another result of the another 3D rendering.

5. A non-transitory computer readable recoding medium storing a program implementing the method of claim 3 .