Patent ID: 8303502
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: A61B,G01S,G03B

Abstract:
1. An ultrasound system comprising: a position sensing module configured for detecting spatial information associated with a volume of data acquired from an ultrasound scan; a display configured for displaying first and second images based on the volume of data, the first and second images comprising first and second portions of the volume of data, the first and second portions being at least partially different with respect to each other; a user interface configured for selecting a first image tracking point on the first image, the first image tracking point being indicated on the first image with a first indicator; and an image tracking module configured for tracking the first image tracking point within the volume of data, the image tracking module indicating on the display a spatial relationship of the first image tracking point to the second image, wherein the image tracking module is further configured for changing an appearance of a graphical indicator associated with the first image tracking point to convey a distance of the first image tracking point to the second image when the first image tracking point is not within the second image, the appearance of the graphical indicator changed by the image tracking module as the distance of the first image tracking point to the second image changes.