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

Claim 0:
1. A method of providing a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image along with an additional ultrasound acquisition, the method comprising:
obtaining a 3D ultrasound image of a volume captured by an ultrasound imaging system comprising an ultrasound probe and an ultrasound probe tracker;
obtaining an additional ultrasound acquisition of a portion of interest of the volume captured by the ultrasound imaging system, and storing the additional ultrasound acquisition, 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;
identifying a location of the additional ultrasound acquisition relative to the 3D ultrasound image; and
after obtaining the 3D ultrasound image and obtaining the additional ultrasound acquisition:
generating first display data for display of the 3D ultrasound image;
receiving a first user input requesting display of the additional ultrasound acquisition; and
in response to the first user input, retrieving the stored additional ultrasound acquisition and generating second display data for replacing a portion of the 3D ultrasound image of the first display data with the additional ultrasound acquisition at the location of the additional ultrasound acquisition; and

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