Patent ID: 9612142
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A61B,G01F,G01S

Claim:
1. A system for presenting multiple parallel slices, comprising: a display for displaying ultrasound data over time, the ultrasound data formed from a plurality of scan planes acquired by an array of transducers defining a face, the plurality of scan planes intersecting the face of the array; a user interface for defining a proximal plane and a distal plane within the ultrasound data that are parallel to one another, the proximal and distal planes intersecting multiple scan planes and not intersecting the face of the array, the proximal and distal planes defining a region of interest (ROI), the user interface receiving a user input to adjust an orientation of one of the proximal plane or distal plane to change the ROI, wherein a positional relationship between the proximal plane and distal plane is maintained, including at least one of an angular orientation or a distance therebetween; and a signal processor for automatically extracting a plurality of intermediate slices from the ultrasound data within the ROI and between the proximal and distal planes, the plurality of intermediate slices being parallel with respect to each other, the plurality of intermediate slices intersecting multiple scan planes and not intersecting the face of the array, the plurality of intermediate slices being displayed on the display; and wherein a positional relationship between the plurality of intermediate slices and the proximal and distal planes is maintained when the orientation of the proximal or distal plane is adjusted, including at least one of an angular orientation or a distance therebetween.