A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS OF ULTRASOUND IMAGES

The invention provides a method for identifying a characteristic of one or more ultrasound images, wherein each image is of a subject imaged by an ultrasound probe using an ultrasound imaging process. The method includes obtaining a manipulation signal indicative of a manipulation of the ultrasound probe during the imaging process. A portion of the manipulation signal, which indicates the manipulation of the probe during a time period, is obtained. The obtained portion is associated with one or more ultrasound images. A neural network system is then used to classify a characteristic of the one or more ultrasound images based on both the obtained portion of the manipulation signal and the one or more images themselves. Such classification comprises applying one or more convolution kernels on the obtained portion of the manipulation signal to generate a convolution output representative of the obtained portion of the manipulation signal, and classifying the convolution output to indicate the characteristic of the one or more ultrasound images associated with the obtained portion.