Patent ID: 11931206
Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 10:
11. An ultrasound imaging system comprising:
an ultrasound probe;
a user interface;
a volatile memory;
a non-volatile memory;
a display device; and
a processor, wherein the processor is configured to:
receive an initiation of a live ultrasound scanning session;
control the ultrasound probe to acquire a first sequence of images;
save the first sequence of images in the volatile memory during the live ultrasound scanning session;
receive a store command via the user interface while in a retrospective image capture mode during the live ultrasound scanning session;
detect that the first sequence of images does not meet a length threshold and, in respond to detecting that the first sequence of images does not meet the length threshold, automatically control the ultrasound probe to continue to acquire a second sequence of images after receiving the store command;
detect that the combination of the first sequence of images and the second sequence of images meets or exceeds the length threshold; and
save a third sequence of images as a cineloop in the non-volatile memory, wherein the third sequence of images includes both at least a portion of the first sequence of images and at least a portion of the second sequence of images, and wherein the third sequence of images meets or exceeds the length threshold.