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

Claim 16:
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for providing a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image along with an additional ultrasound acquisition that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to:
receive a 3D ultrasound image of a volume, the 3D ultrasound image having been captured by an ultrasound imaging system comprising an ultrasound probe and an ultrasound probe tracker; and
after receiving the 3D ultrasound image:
generate first display data for display of the 3D ultrasound image;
receive a first user input identifying a location in the 3D ultrasound image of an additional ultrasound acquisition of a portion of interest of the volume, the additional ultrasound acquisition having been previously captured and stored by the ultrasound imaging system, 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;
in response to the first user input, retrieve the stored additional ultrasound acquisition and 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 location of the additional ultrasound acquisition; and
cause the 3D ultrasound image with the additional ultrasound acquisition overlaying the 3D ultrasound image at the location of the additional ultrasound acquisition to be displayed based on the second display data.