Ultrasound imaging system and method

A computer-implemented method for generating ultrasound data in respect of an anatomical body being scanned, the method comprising:

• receiving a time sequence of at least 2D and/or 3D ultrasound images of the anatomical body;
• storing a model of the anatomical body which comprises structures of interest of the anatomical body, and storing a predetermined scan protocol specifying sequence of types of an ultrasound scan of the structures of interest, the sequence having a fixed order;
• registering the received ultrasound images with the model thereby identifying the structures of interest within the ultrasound images;
• identifying target images for the types of scan of the identified structures of interest specified in the protocol;
• and
• compiling the sequence with the fixed order, specified in the protocol, of the target images, the compiled sequence taking the form of a video sequence, the video sequence comprising video snippets each of which is for one of the structures of interest and comprises a respective best image as a frame within the video snippet, the video snippets assembled according to the fixed order of the scan protocol.

A computer program product comprising a tangible, non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program instructions embodied therewith for, when executed on an image processor, causes the image processor to:

• receive a time sequence of at least 2D and/or 3D ultrasound images of an anatomical body;
• store a model of the anatomical body which comprises structures of interest of the anatomical body, and store a predetermined scan protocol specifying a sequence of types of an ultrasound scan of the structures of interest, the sequence having a fixed order;
• register the received ultrasound images with the model thereby identifying the structures of interest within the ultrasound images;
• identify target images for the types of scan of the identified structures of interest specified in the protocol;
• and
• compile the sequence with the fixed order, specified in the protocol, of the target images, the compiled sequence taking the form of a video sequence, the video sequence comprising video snippets each of which is for one of the structures of interest and comprises a respective best image as a frame within the video snippet, the video snippets assembled according to the fixed order of the scan protocol.