Ultrasound with Simultaneous Transducer Arrays

A method comprising:

• generating, by one or more sensors of a multi-array ultrasound scanner having a first transducer array and a second transducer array, a trigger signal based on pressure, touch, or orientation of the multi-array ultrasound scanner;
• responsive to the trigger signal, executing an action including one of:
• causing the first transducer array to transmit first ultrasound signals;
• causing the second transducer array to transmit second ultrasound signals;
• or
• causing the first transducer array to transmit the first ultrasound signals and the second transducer array to transmit the second ultrasound signals;
• generating ultrasound data based on reflections of ultrasound signals transmitted based on the executed action, the ultrasound signals including at least one of the first ultrasound signals or the second ultrasound signals;
• generating at least one of a first image based on the reflections of the first ultrasound signals or a second image based on the reflections of the second ultrasound signals;
• and
• displaying the at least one of the first image or the second image on a display.

An ultrasound device comprising:

• a multi-array ultrasound scanner comprising at least a first transducer array and a second transducer array, the multi-array ultrasound scanner configured to:
• activate both the first transducer array and the second transducer array simultaneously;
• generate first ultrasound data based on reflections of first ultrasound signals transmitted by the first transducer array at an anatomy, the first ultrasound signals being focused at a first depth;
• generate second ultrasound data based on reflections of second ultrasound signals transmitted by the second transducer array at the anatomy, the second ultrasound signals being focused at a second depth that differs from the first depth;
• a display device;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• generate a first image based on the first ultrasound data and a second image based on the second ultrasound data;
• detect an interventional instrument based on the first ultrasound data;
• determine a depth of a tip of the interventional instrument in the anatomy based on the first ultrasound data;
• cause the display device to provide a display of the first image until the tip of the interventional instrument reaches a threshold depth in the anatomy;
• and
• responsive to the tip of the interventional instrument reaching the threshold depth, cause the display device to automatically switch the display of the first image to the second image or automatically display the second image simultaneously with the first image.