Methods and systems for acquisition of medical images for an ultrasound exam

A medical imaging system comprising:

• an ultrasound probe configured to acquire ultrasound data of an anatomical structure of interest;
• a display;
• and
• a controller circuit configured to:
• select a protocol of an ultrasound exam, wherein the protocol includes a plurality of protocol defined fields of view (FOVs) of the anatomical structure of interest;
• generate a medical image of the anatomical structure of interest based on ultrasound data acquired from an ultrasound probe;
• identify a candidate FOV associated with the anatomical structure of interest based on anatomical markers of the medical image;
• and
• display a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of first user interface components, each of the plurality of the UI components corresponding to a different one of the plurality of protocol defined FOVs;
• and
• automatically adjust a select characteristic of ene-of a first UI component, from the plurality of first user interface components that corresponds to the candidate FOV, the select characteristic indicating that the candidate FOV has been acquired and the first UI component is activated.

A tangible and non-transitory computer readable medium comprising one or more programmed instructions configured to direct one or more processors to:

• select a protocol of an ultrasound exam, wherein the protocol includes a plurality of protocol defined fields of view (FOVs) of an anatomical structure of interest;
• generate a medical image of the anatomical structure of interest based on ultrasound data acquired from an ultrasound probe;
• identify a candidate FOV associated with the anatomical structure of interest based on anatomical markers of the medical image;
• display a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of first user interface components, each of the plurality of the UI components corresponding to a different one of the plurality of protocol defined FOVs;
• and
• automatically adjust a select characteristic of a first UI component, from the plurality of first user interface components that corresponds to the candidate FOV, the select characteristic indicating that the candidate FOV has been acquired and the first UI component is activated.