Systems and methods for ultrasound simulation using depth peeling

A system comprising:

• a simulated ultrasound device;
• a processor in communication with the simulated ultrasound device, the processor configured to:
• receive a sensor signal comprising a position and an orientation of a simulated ultrasound device, the position and orientation associated with a virtual physical environment comprising a first virtual object;
• based on the sensor signal:
• determine a first peel associated with the first virtual object;
• determine a second peel associated with the first virtual object;
• determine characteristics of pixels located between the first peel and the second peel based at least in part on the first or second peel;
• and
• generate a display signal based on the characteristics, the display signal configured to cause a visual display of the virtual physical environment;
• and
• output the display signal to a display device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code, the program code comprising:

• program code for receiving a sensor signal comprising a position and an orientation of a simulated ultrasound device, the position and orientation associated with a virtual physical environment comprising a first virtual object;
• program code for, based on the sensor signal, determining a first peel associated with the first virtual object;
• program code for, based on the sensor signal, determining a second peel associated with the first virtual object;
• program code for, based on the sensor signal, determining a first characteristic of a pixel located between the first peel and the second peel based at least in part on the first or second peel;
• program code for, based on the sensor signal, generating a display signal based on the first characteristic, the display signal configured to cause a visual display of the virtual physical environment;
• and
• program code for outputting the display signal to a display device.