Method and system for ultrasound imaging with cross-plane images

A method of ultrasound imaging comprising:

• accessing a first cross-plane image of a first plane;
• accessing a second cross-plane image of a second plane, where the second plane intersects the first plane;
• identifying a first contour of a structure in the first cross-plane image;
• identifying a second contour of the structure in the second cross-plane image;
• automatically calculating size data and position data for the structure based on the first contour and the second contour, wherein said automatically calculating the position data comprises calculating a 3D location of a center of the structure based on both the first contour and the second contour;
• automatically positioning a 3D region-of-interest (ROI) around the structure using the size data and the position data;
• acquiring volumetric data of the 3D region-of-interest (ROI) after said automatically position the 3D region-of-interest (ROI) around the structure;
• generating an image from the volumetric data;
• and
• displaying the image.

An ultrasound imaging system comprising:

• a probe adapted to scan a volume of interest;
• a display device;
• and
• a processor in electronic communication with the probe and the display device, wherein the processor is configured to:
• control the probe to acquire a first cross-plane image of a first plane;
• control the probe to acquire a second cross-plane image of a second plane;
• implement a segmentation algorithm on the first cross-plane image to identify a first contour of a structure;
• calculate a first center of mass of the structure based on the first contour;
• implement a segmentation algorithm on the second cross-plane image to identify a second contour of the structure;
• automatically configure acquisition parameters based on at least one of the first contour and the second contour;
• implement the acquisition parameters to acquire data of the structure;
• generate an image from the data;
• and
• display the image on the display device.

A method of ultrasound imaging comprising:

• accessing a first cross-plane image of a first plane;
• identifying a first region including a structure in the first cross-plane image, wherein said identifying the first region comprises implementing a segmentation algorithm to identify a first contour of the structure;
• accessing a second cross-plane image of a second plane, where the second plane intersects the first plane;
• identifying a second region including the structure in the second cross-plane image, wherein said identifying the second region comprises implementing a segmentation algorithm to identify a second contour of the structure;
• calculating a center of the structure based on the first contour and the second contour;
• automatically configuring acquisition parameters based on the center of the structure;
• implementing the acquisition parameters to acquire data of the structure;
• generating an image from the data;
• and
• displaying the image.