Patent ID: 9437043
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: A61B,G01S,G06T

Claim Text:
1. An ultrasonic diagnostic imaging system for acquisition and display of biplane images of different image plane orientations comprising: an ultrasound probe including a two dimensional matrix array transducer; a controller which controls the probe to acquire biplane images in pairs of different image orientations, wherein the different image orientations are generated according to an automated sweep through a range of image plane orientation angles to automatically acquire the biplane images in pairs at the image plane orientation angles, wherein the automated sweep is initiated by a user input; a display processor responsive to acquired biplane images and adapted to both 1) format a single biplane image for storage and display in a display frame and 2) format a plurality of biplane images intersecting the single biplane image and collected during the automated sweep for storage and display in the display frame; a display for display of the plurality of biplane images intersecting the single biplane image formatted by the display processor; and a user control configured to select at least one biplane image of the plurality displayed on the display.