A method of generating a 3D ultrasound image, comprising: acquiring a 3D volumetric data set corresponding to a 3D imaging volume of an ultrasound probe in a 3D detection volume; acquiring a position of the ultrasound probe with respect to the 3D detection volume; acquiring a position of an interventional medical device with respect to the 3D detection volume; determining a position of interventional medical device relative to the 3D imaging volume of the ultrasound probe ; determining an interventional medical device-aligned plane that intersects with a longitudinal axis of the interventional medical device ; extracting a texture slice from the 3D imaging volume for a corresponding interventional medical device-aligned plane positional and rotational orientation; mapping the texture slice onto the interventional medical device-aligned plane; and rendering the interventional medical device-aligned plane as a 3D ultrasound image and displaying the rendered 3D ultrasound image on a display screen ; wherein the act of determining the position and rotational orientation of interventional medical device relative to the 3D imaging volume is performed by: calculating a world to local transform matrix for the 3D imaging volume with respect to the 3D detection volume; and multiplying the local transform matrix by an interventional device transform matrix to establish a local location of the interventional medical device relative to a zero position of the 3D imaging volume. acquiring a 3D volumetric data set corresponding to a 3D imaging volume of an ultrasound probe in a 3D detection volume; acquiring a position of the ultrasound probe with respect to the 3D detection volume; acquiring a position of an interventional medical device with respect to the 3D detection volume; determining a position of interventional medical device relative to the 3D imaging volume of the ultrasound probe ; determining an interventional medical device-aligned plane that intersects with a longitudinal axis of the interventional medical device ; extracting a texture slice from the 3D imaging volume for a corresponding interventional medical device-aligned plane positional and rotational orientation; mapping the texture slice onto the interventional medical device-aligned plane; and rendering the interventional medical device-aligned plane as a 3D ultrasound image and displaying the rendered 3D ultrasound image on a display screen ; wherein the act of determining the position and rotational orientation of interventional medical device relative to the 3D imaging volume is performed by: calculating a world to local transform matrix for the 3D imaging volume with respect to the 3D detection volume; and multiplying the local transform matrix by an interventional device transform matrix to establish a local location of the interventional medical device relative to a zero position of the 3D imaging volume. calculating a world to local transform matrix for the 3D imaging volume with respect to the 3D detection volume; and multiplying the local transform matrix by an interventional device transform matrix to establish a local location of the interventional medical device relative to a zero position of the 3D imaging volume. <EOS>