Patent ID: 8915855

Claim:
An ultrasound system, comprising: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to transmit/receive ultrasound signals to/from a target object including a fetal brain to form ultrasound data; and a processor configured to form volume data indicative of the target object by using the ultrasound data, the processor including: a first plane setting section configured to set a reference plane containing a falx and a cerebrum in the volume data; a contour detecting section configured to detect a contour of the falx and a contour of the cerebrum in the reference plane and an entire contour of the fetal brain in the volume data; a preprocessing section configured to adjust a size of the volume data and normalize the volume data, by using normalization reference data corresponding to the falx contour, the cerebrum contour and the entire contour of the fetal brain; and a second plane setting section configured to set multiple planes with respect to the reference plane in the normalized volume data, wherein the processor is further configured to form plane images corresponding to respective ones of the multiple planes by using the normalized volume data.