Patent ID: 11877893
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 17:
18. A three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image processing system comprising:
an ultrasound probe configured to capture ultrasound images;
an ultrasound probe tracker configured to monitor and record locations of the ultrasound probe capturing the ultrasound images;
an ultrasound image display; and
an ultrasound image processing system configured to:
capture a 3D ultrasound image of a volume from using the ultrasound probe;
capture an additional ultrasound acquisition of a portion of interest of the volume using the ultrasound probe, wherein when capturing the additional ultrasound acquisition using the ultrasound probe, a time duration of a button press to capture an identified location of the additional ultrasound acquisition indicates a relative depth of the portion of interest; and
after obtaining the 3D ultrasound image and obtaining the additional ultrasound acquisition,
generate first display data for display of the 3D ultrasound image;
receive a first user input;
in response to the first user input, generate second display data for replacing a portion of the 3D ultrasound image of the first display data with the additional ultrasound acquisition at the identified location of the additional ultrasound acquisition; and

display on the ultrasound image display the 3D ultrasound image with the additional ultrasound acquisition overlaying the 3D ultrasound image at the identified location of the additional ultrasound acquisition based on the second display data.