Medical diagnostic ultrasound imaging system and method for displaying a portion of an ultrasound image

Abstract

In one embodiment, a region of interest indictor is positioned over a first portion of an ultrasound image, and the first portion and at least some other portion of the ultrasound image are saved in a post-scan-converted format. The stored ultrasound image is played, and a region of interest indicator is positioned over a second portion of the played ultrasound image. In another embodiment, an ultrasound image is stored in a post-scan-converted format. The ultrasound image is played, and a region of interest indicator is positioned over a portion of the ultrasound image. In yet another embodiment, a user requests storage of a multi-frame ultrasound image for a first length of time. The ultrasound system instead stores the multi-frame ultrasound image for a second length of time, which is longer than the first length of time.