Wireless and sensorless 3D ultrasound imaging

Gao, Haitao; Huang, Qinghua; Xu, Xiangmin; Li, Xuelong

doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2015.08.109

Cited by 28 publications

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“…Image-based sensing approach extracts the relative positions by analyzing the image feature, for example, speckles, instead of depending on position sensors [24]. According to the phenomenon of speckle decorrelation, the speckle pattern should be the same if two images are acquired at the same position, which results in nondecorrelation.…”

Section: Data Acquisitionmentioning

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A Review on Real-Time 3D Ultrasound Imaging Technology

Huang

Zeng

2017

BioMed Research International

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Real-time three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound (US) has attracted much more attention in medical researches because it provides interactive feedback to help clinicians acquire high-quality images as well as timely spatial information of the scanned area and hence is necessary in intraoperative ultrasound examinations. Plenty of publications have been declared to complete the real-time or near real-time visualization of 3D ultrasound using volumetric probes or the routinely used two-dimensional (2D) probes. So far, a review on how to design an interactive system with appropriate processing algorithms remains missing, resulting in the lack of systematic understanding of the relevant technology. In this article, previous and the latest work on designing a real-time or near real-time 3D ultrasound imaging system are reviewed. Specifically, the data acquisition techniques, reconstruction algorithms, volume rendering methods, and clinical applications are presented. Moreover, the advantages and disadvantages of state-of-the-art approaches are discussed in detail.

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A Review on Real-Time 3D Ultrasound Imaging Technology

Huang

Zeng

2017

BioMed Research International

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“…In this section, the previously published literature on the development of sensorless 3D ultrasound imaging systems is presented. In the sensorless approach, there are some techniques used to estimate the 3D position and orientation of a probe in space, i.e., using speckle decorrelation [6][13] [14], linear regression [15], without any position tracking [16], or using articulated arm (robotized) [17] [18].…”

Section: Sensorless 3d Ultrasound Imaging Systemmentioning

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“…Ultrasound is often used as a technique of imaging internal structures of a human body such as soft tissues and bone since it is non-invasive, no radiation exposure, relatively inexpensive, compact, and provide real-time data acquisition [5] [6]. It has been a safe and effective tool for internal body imaging than MRI and CT-scan.…”

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“…Electromagnetic and optical are the most popular approach. However, scanning using a position sensor is time-consuming because once the user changes the position of the sensor, the calibration process has to be repeated [6].…”

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“…In sensorless tracking approach, the estimation of position and orientation of B-scans are determined without any position sensor. The estimation of position and orientation of the ultrasound probe in 3D was approximated by using speckle decorrelation [6][13] [14], linear regression [15], without any position tracking [16] or using articulated arm (robotized) [17] [18]. Commonly, the assumption of its position and orientation uses image correlation or linear regression approach.…”

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Design and Development of a Mechanical Linear Scanning Device for the Three-Dimensional Ultrasound Imaging System

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Purnama³

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IJEEI

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Three-dimensional reconstruction from a set of a two-dimensional ultrasound image is useful for visualizing anatomy structures of an internal organ. This paper presents a mechanical linear scanning device for a three-dimensional ultrasound imaging system to acquire sequences of two-dimensional ultrasound image along with its position and orientation in three-dimensional space. The device included a linear sliding track driven by a stepper motor with a dedicated housing of a probe, a water tank with an object holder inside, and software installed on a standard computer. A mechanical sliding track enabled the two-dimensional conventional ultrasound probe moved in a regular linear manner. The mechanical linear scanning allowed fixed and predefined translation steps in z-axis direction such that rotation error could be avoided. In addition, mathematical formulations were presented to relocate every pixel's location of the ultrasound image to the reconstruction volume in three-dimensional space. In the experiments, the device's installation in a real environment was demonstrated, and the translation motion in space was investigated. Evaluation of the scanning results using the proposed device was performed using a bone as a phantom. The experimental result showed that the proposed device produced high quality scanning results and created high quality bone surface. Thus, it can be expected would be useful to the three-dimension reconstruction applications.

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