An ultrasound imaging system comprising: an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a target region; one or more processors (122, 126, 136) in communication with the ultrasound transducer and configured to: present, to a user, one or more illustrative volumetric images of a target feature, each illustrative volumetric image corresponding to a particular view of the target image; receive a user selection of one of the illustrative volumetric images; generate two-dimensional image frames from the acquired echo signals of the target region; and identify one or more anatomical landmarks corresponding to the target feature in the generated 2D image frames characterized in that the ultrasound imaging system is further configured to; based on the anatomical landmarks and the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image, provide an instruction for manipulating the ultrasound transducer to a target location in order to generate at least one 2D image frame specific to the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image; cause the ultrasound transducer to acquire additional echo signals at the target location; and generate, with the acquired additional echo signals, an actual volumetric image of the target feature and corresponding to the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image. an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a target region; one or more processors (122, 126, 136) in communication with the ultrasound transducer and configured to: present, to a user, one or more illustrative volumetric images of a target feature, each illustrative volumetric image corresponding to a particular view of the target image; receive a user selection of one of the illustrative volumetric images; generate two-dimensional image frames from the acquired echo signals of the target region; and identify one or more anatomical landmarks corresponding to the target feature in the generated 2D image frames characterized in that the ultrasound imaging system is further configured to; based on the anatomical landmarks and the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image, provide an instruction for manipulating the ultrasound transducer to a target location in order to generate at least one 2D image frame specific to the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image; cause the ultrasound transducer to acquire additional echo signals at the target location; and generate, with the acquired additional echo signals, an actual volumetric image of the target feature and corresponding to the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image. present, to a user, one or more illustrative volumetric images of a target feature, each illustrative volumetric image corresponding to a particular view of the target image; receive a user selection of one of the illustrative volumetric images; generate two-dimensional image frames from the acquired echo signals of the target region; and identify one or more anatomical landmarks corresponding to the target feature in the generated 2D image frames characterized in that the ultrasound imaging system is further configured to; based on the anatomical landmarks and the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image, provide an instruction for manipulating the ultrasound transducer to a target location in order to generate at least one 2D image frame specific to the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image; cause the ultrasound transducer to acquire additional echo signals at the target location; and generate, with the acquired additional echo signals, an actual volumetric image of the target feature and corresponding to the particular view of the user-selected volumetric image.