Patent ID: 8897517

Claim:
An imaging system, comprising: an ultrasonic probe; and a controller which: (a) receives information related to a first sequence of a plurality of images to be acquired in a predetermined order according to an exam protocol specific to an organ or vessels being assessed; (b) receives, from the ultrasonic probe, iteratively, for each image of the plurality of images to be acquired in the first sequence, image information corresponding to a current image of the plurality of images in the first sequence; (c) determines, for each iteration with the current image, whether a caliper input has been received, and when it is determined that a caliper input has been received: (c)(i) obtains coordinate information corresponding to one or more locations of interest in the current image, (c)(ii) selects a further image to be acquired which is different from, and associated with, the current image, acquires the further image, and includes the further image in a second sequence of images, wherein the second sequence of images comprises the first sequence of images modified to include the further image placed between the current image and a next image to be acquired in the first sequence, and (c)(iii) obtains coordinate information corresponding to the one or more locations of interest in the further image of the second sequence of images; and (d) saves a report that comprises (d)(i) the image information and (d)(2) the coordinate information corresponding to the one or more locations of interest, for (d)(iii) each image of the plurality of images of the first sequence and (d)(iv) each further image of the second sequence of images.