Ultrasound image three-dimensional (3D) pictogram

An ultrasound imaging system, comprising:

• a transducer array with at least one transducer element;
• an echo processor that processes ultrasound echo signals received by the at least one transducer element, producing an image of scanned tissue of interest;
• memory that stores a plurality of 3D pictograms, each representing different anatomical regions of a subject;
• a pictogram processor that identifies a 3D pictogram of the plurality of 3D pictograms corresponding to the scanned tissue of interest, wherein the 3D pictogram includes a 3D pictorial representation of an anatomical region including the scanned tissue of interest and includes a plurality of individually selectable anatomical layers including an organ layer, a muscle layer, a bone layer, and a vessel layer;
• a display monitor;
• and
• a rendering engine that displays the image and the 3D pictogram via the display monitor, wherein the 3D pictogram is overlaid over a pictogram region of the displayed image,
• wherein the pictogram processor includes a 3D pictogram manipulator that at least one of selectively adds or removes one or more of the plurality of individually selectable anatomical layers to or from the displayed 3D pictogram in response to a first signal indicative of a first input indicating the one or more anatomical layers of interest.