METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR SHADING AND SHADOWING VOLUME-RENDERED IMAGES BASED ON A VIEWING DIRECTION

摘要

Various methods and systems are provided for generating a volume-rendered image with shading from a three-dimensional ultrasound dataset. As one example, a method for ultrasound imaging includes generating a volume-rendered image with shading and shadowing from a three-dimensional ultrasound dataset, the shading and shadowing based on an angle between a probe axis of a transducer probe used to acquire the three-dimensional ultrasound dataset and a viewing direction of the volume-rendered image.