Patent ID: 8237784

Claim:
A method of forming a virtual endoscope image of a uterus with an ultrasound system, comprising: extracting pixel information of a boundary between an inner portion and an outer portion of the uterus on two-dimensional (2D) uterus images by a processor within the ultrasound system; removing the inner portion of the uterus on said each 2D uterus image based on the pixel information of the boundary to form 2D images of a uterus shell by the processor within the ultrasound system, wherein the uterus shell includes an inner wall and an outer wall; forming a 3D virtual image of the uterus shell with the 2D images of the uterus shell by the processor within the ultrasound system; inspecting the inner wall of the uterus in the 3D virtual image by the processor within the ultrasound system; and forming a virtual endoscope image of the uterus by reflecting the inspection result on the 3D virtual uterus image by the processor within the ultrasound system.