Freehand ultrasound calibration using the unscented Kalman filter

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6147, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Moghari, Mehdi Hedjazi ^a   Chen, Thomas Kuiran ^a   Abolmaesumi, Purang ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Confidence measure; Freehand ultrasound; Sequential least squares algorithm; Ultrasound probe calibration; Unscented kalman filter

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; KALMAN FILTERING; MEDICAL IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONFIDENCE MEASURE; FREEHAND ULTRASOUND; SEQUENTIAL LEAST SQUARES ALGORITHMS; ULTRASOUND PROBE CALIBRATION; UNSCERITED KALMAN FILTER (UKF) ALGORITHMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 33745333809     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.654144     Document Type: Conference Paper

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