METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED VISUALIZATION OF MOVING STRUCTURES WITH CROSS-PLANE ULTRASOUND IMAGES

摘要

The ultrasound probe 104 may successively acquire the first intersecting plane image 200 and the second intersecting plane image 202 . The second intersecting plane image 202 may intersect the first intersecting plane image 200 at the intersecting plane intersection 302 of the first intersecting plane image 200 . The processor 132 , 140 may receive a selection of a reference location 304 in the first intersecting plane image 200 along the intersecting plane intersection 302 of the first intersecting plane image 200 . The reference position 304 may correspond to at least a portion of the structure 204 in the first intersecting planar image 200 . The processors 132 and 140 may track the movement of the selected reference position 304 in the first intersecting plane image 200 over time. The processor 132 , 140 is configured to intersect the second intersecting plane image 202 with the first intersecting plane image 200 at the tracked reference position 304 based on the tracked reference position 304 to intersect the second intersecting plane image 202 . The image acquisition location parameter of image 202 may be updated. The display system 134 may sequentially and simultaneously present the acquired first intersecting planar image 200 and the acquired second intersecting planar image 202 .