Quality indicators for collection of and automated measurement on ultrasound images

A method comprising:

• calculating, during imaging, using a computing device in communication with an ultrasound device, a quality of a sequence of images collected by the ultrasound device during the imaging;
• generating for display, during the imaging, an indicator of the quality of the sequence of images;
• receiving a newest image collected during the imaging;
• removing an oldest image from the sequence of images and adding the newest image to the sequence of images to form a new sequence of images;
• calculating, during the imaging, a quality of the new sequence of images;
• and
• generating for display, during the imaging, at least one indicator of the quality of the new sequence of images to replace the indicator of the quality of the sequence of images, the at least one indicator of the quality of the new sequence comprising an indication of whether the quality of the new sequence of images exceeds a threshold quality for performing an automatic clinical measurement,
• wherein calculating the quality of the sequence of images comprises:
• calculating a quality of each respective image in the sequence of images;
• and
• calculating an arithmetic mean of the quality of each respective image in the sequence of images to produce the quality of the sequence of images,
• wherein calculating the quality of each respective image in the sequence of images comprises:
• for each respective image in the sequence of images:
• calculating a clinical use metric comprising a probability that a medical professional would use the respective image for clinical evaluation;
• calculating an automated analysis metric comprising a quality of an automated analysis performed on the respective image;
• and
• calculating a geometric mean of the clinical use metric and the automated analysis metric to produce the quality of the respective image.