Automated blood pool identification system and method of operation thereof

A method of displaying ultrasound images, the method performed by at least one controller of an imaging system and comprising acts of:

• acquiring ultrasound data of an anatomical region-of-interest (ROI) of a subject, the ultrasound image information comprising at least two frames acquired at different times over an interval of time as a push force induces movement in the anatomical ROI;
• determining a correlation between at least two of the acquired frames and forming corresponding correlation coefficients;
• generating a correlation coefficient (CC) map based upon the determined correlation information between the at least two consecutive frames;
• distinguishing fluid from tissue within the CC map based upon a comparison of the correlation coefficients with at least one threshold value;
• and
• highlighting the fluid within the CC map.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform the acts of:

• acquiring ultrasound data of an anatomical region-of-interest (ROI), the ultrasound data comprising at least two frames acquired at different times over an interval of time as a push force induces movement within the anatomical ROI;
• determining a correlation between at least two of the acquired frames and forming corresponding correlation coefficients;
• generating a correlation coefficient (CC) map based upon the determined correlation information between the at least two frames;
• distinguishing fluid from tissue within the CC map based upon a comparison of the correlation coefficients with a threshold value;
• and
• highlighting the fluid within the CC map.