System and method for ultrasonic tissue screening

A system for screening cellular tissue, the system comprising:

• an ultrasound scanning device including an ultrasound probe;
• a carrier device including a probe mount, the carrier device configured to move the probe mount over the cellular tissue, the ultrasound probe being coupled to the probe mount to generate cross-sectional images of the cellular tissue;
• a programmable device operably coupled to the carrier device and to the ultrasound scanning device, the programmable device configured to move the probe mount over the cellular tissue and to control the ultrasound scanning device to generate the cross-sectional images of the cellular tissue as the probe mount is moved, each cross-sectional image being approximately parallel to and having an image spacing with respect to one or more adjacent cross-sectional images, wherein the programmable device is configured to set the image spacing according to a predetermined ratio between a target minimum abnormality size and an effective number of images, the target minimum abnormality size being input by a user;
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• a display screen operably coupled to the programmable device, wherein the programmable device is configured to display the cross-sectional images in a cinematic presentation on the display screen, the cinematic presentation having a frame rate based on the effective number of images in the predetermined ratio.