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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Geir Ultveit Haugen, Oslo, NO;
Kjell Kristoffersen, Horten, NO;
Geir Ultveit Haugen, Oslo, NO;
Kjell Kristoffersen, Horten, NO;
General Electric Company, Wauwatosa, WI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for ultrasound imaging includes acquiring volumetric data of a volume of interest with an ultrasound imaging system. The system and method includes acquiring planar data with the ultrasound imaging system during the process of acquiring the volumetric data, the planar data including data of a plane through the volume of interest. The system and method includes displaying a reference image based on the planar data during the process of acquiring the volumetric data. The system and method also includes displaying an image based on the volumetric data.