Systems and methods for displaying intersections on ultrasound images

A method, comprising:

• acquiring a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound dataset of a region of interest (ROI);
• generating a 3D model of the ROI;
• generating a 3D image and a two-dimensional (2D) image slice from the 3D ultrasound dataset;
• coupling the 3D model to the 3D image;
• displaying the 3D image, the 2D image slice, and the 3D model separately on a display device;
• displaying an intersection between the 3D image and the 2D image slice on the 3D model, wherein a position of the intersection displayed on the 3D model is based on the coupling of the 3D model to the 3D image;
• receiving user input for an adjusted slice position with respect to the 3D model;
• generating a second 2D image slice from the 3D ultrasound dataset based on the adjusted slice position and the coupling of the 3D model to the 3D image;
• and
• replacing the display of the 2D image slice with the second 2D image slice.

A system, comprising:

• a display device;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the display device, the processor configured with instructions in non-transitory memory that, when executed, cause the processor to:
• access a three-dimensional (3D) volumetric image dataset including a region of interest (ROI);
• render a 3D image and a two-dimensional (2D) image from the 3D volumetric image dataset;
• generate a 3D model of the ROI;
• identify intersections between the 3D image, the 2D image, and the 3D model, the intersections including intersections between the 3D image and the 2D image, intersections between the 3D image and the 3D model, and intersections between the 2D image and the 3D model;
• display, via the display device, the 3D model with the intersections between the 3D image and the 3D model and the intersections between the 2D image and the 3D model superimposed on the 3D model;
• display, via the display device, the 2D image with the intersections between the 3D image and the 2D image and the intersections between the 2D image and the 3D model superimposed on the 2D image;
• and
• display, via the display device, the 3D image with the intersections between the 3D image and the 2D image and the intersections between the 3D image and the 3D model superimposed on the 3D image.