Method and system for generating a visualization plane from 3D ultrasound data

An ultrasound imaging system comprising:

• an ultrasound probe configured to acquire three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound data of a volumetric region of interest (ROI);
• a display;
• a memory configured to store programmed instructions;
• and
• a controller circuit having one or more processors, the controller circuit is configured to execute the programmed instructions stored in the memory, wherein the controller circuit when executing the programmed instructions performs the following operations:
• collect the 3D ultrasound data from an ultrasound probe of the volumetric ROI, wherein the volumetric ROI includes at least a portion of a uterus;
• identify a select set of the 3D ultrasound data corresponding to an object of interest within the volumetric ROI;
• segment the object of interest from the select set of the 3D ultrasound data;
• generate a visualization plane of the object of interest based on a fitting of the visualization plane to the object of interest, wherein the visualization plane corresponds to a hypersurface of the object of interest, and wherein the visualization plane is curved in at least two different directions to correspond to the hypersurface of the object of interest;
• and
• display the visualization plane on the display.

A tangible and non-transitory computer readable medium comprising one or more computer software modules configured to direct one or more processors to:

• acquire three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound data of a volumetric region of interest (ROI) from an ultrasound probe, wherein the volumetric ROI includes at least a portion of a uterus;
• identify a select set of the 3D ultrasound data corresponding to an object of interest within the volumetric ROI;
• segment the object of interest from the select set of the 3D ultrasound data;
• generate a visualization plane of the object of interest based on a fitting of the visualization plane to the object of interest, wherein the visualization plane corresponds to a hypersurface of the object of interest, and wherein the visualization plane is curved in at least two different directions to correspond to the hypersurface of the object of interest;
• and
• display the visualization plane on a display.