Patent ID: 8777856

Claim:
An ultrasound diagnostic system comprising: a storage system configured to store a reference image frame of a heart, the reference image frame being acquired during a first ultrasound imaging session, the reference image frame including the heart at a corresponding orientation and at a corresponding cardiac condition; an ultrasound imaging device including an ultrasound probe that is configured to provide an ultrasound image of the heart during a second ultrasound imaging session; a user interface comprising an operator display configured to concurrently display the reference image frame and the ultrasound image of the second ultrasound imaging session, the user interface configured to receive operator inputs to adjust a view of the heart in the ultrasound image and acquire a set of image frames of the heart; and a cardiac analyzer configured to automatically identify a measurement frame from the set of image frames, the measurement frame including the heart at a designated orientation that is similar to the corresponding orientation of the reference image frame and including the heart at a designated cardiac condition that is similar to the cardiac condition of the reference image frame; wherein the user interface is configured to display time-selection elements on the operator display after the measurement frame is automatically identified by the cardiac analyzer, the time-selection elements configured to be activated by a user to view the other image frames of the set of image frames on the operator display and select a different measurement frame from the set of image frames.