Systems and methods for ultrasound review and imaging

An ultrasound imaging system comprising:

• at least one ultrasound imaging machine operable by a user to acquire first image data that can be processed to display a first ultrasound image, the first image data acquired according to user settings for one or more parameters that affect quality of the first image data;
• at least one review and imaging system in data communication with the ultrasound imaging machine, the review and imaging system operable to process data originating from the ultrasound imaging machine and to display a resulting image on a display of the review and imaging system;
• the ultrasound imaging machine comprising an ultrasound transmitter, an ultrasound receiver connected to receive ultrasound echo signals from an ultrasound transducer, an image processing chain configured to process the echo signals to yield image data, a display operative to display the first ultrasound image represented by the first image data and a user interface operative to receive user inputs for configuring the user settings and controlling the ultrasound machine to acquire the first image data using the user settings for the one or more parameters that affect quality of the first image data;
• wherein the ultrasound machine is configured to:
• automatically alter the user settings to obtain altered settings different from the user settings, transmit ultrasound energy and receive corresponding echo signals, and process the echo signals to obtain second image data that can be processed to display at least one second ultrasound image, wherein at least one of transmitting the ultrasound energy and receiving the ultrasound energy to obtain the second image data is based on the altered settings;
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• make the first image data and additional data including the second image data, available to the review and imaging system such that a reviewer using the review and imaging system can cause the review and imaging system to display the first ultrasound image or any of the at least one second ultrasound images on the display of the review and imaging system.