US 11,931,206 B2
Ultrasound imaging system and method for saving a sequence of images as a cineloop
Svein Arne Aase, Trondheim (NO); Brian J. Lesniak, Canandaigua, NY (US); and Carolina Bonilla Herrando, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed by GE Precision Healthcare LLC, Wauwatosa, WI (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/864,197.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016478 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/463 (2013.01) [A61B 8/08 (2013.01); A61B 8/483 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of ultrasound imaging comprising:
initiating a live ultrasound scanning session;
acquiring and saving a first sequence of images in a volatile memory during the live ultrasound scanning session;
receiving a store command while in a retrospective image capture mode during the live ultrasound scanning session;
detecting, with a processor, that the first sequence of images does not meet a length threshold and, in response to said detecting that the first sequence of images does not meet the length threshold, automatically continuing to acquire a second sequence of images after said receiving the store command;
detecting, with the processor, that the combination of the first sequence of images and the second sequence of images meets or exceeds the length threshold; and
saving a third sequence of images as a cineloop in a non-volatile memory, wherein the third sequence of images includes both at least a portion of the first sequence of images and at least a portion of the second sequence of images, and wherein the third sequence of images meets or exceeds the length threshold.