Method and apparatus for measuring volumetric flow

摘要: An ultrasound system comprises an ultrasound probe, a user interface and a processor. The ultrasound probe comprises a transducer face emitting ultrasound beams into a patient. The probe acquires a Volume of ultrasound data comprising a blood vessel. The user interface defines a surface on an image that is based on the volume. The surface bisects the blood vessel and further comprises a plurality of points where at least some of the points are located at unequal distances with respect to the transducer face. The processor is configured to steera subset of the ultrasound beams to intersect the surface at a 90 degree angle and calculate Volumetric flow informa tion through the blood vessel based on the ultrasound data corresponding to the Surface.