Tubular structure enhancement for surgical instrument detection in 3D ultrasound

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 7203-7206

  Ren, Hongliang ^a   Dupont, Pierre E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; EFFECTIVE IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM; IMAGE-GUIDED; IMAGING ARTIFACTS; INTERVENTIONAL; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SMOOTH CURVES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; TUBULAR STRUCTURES;

IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; ROBOTICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TUBULAR STEEL STRUCTURES; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS; VISUALIZATION;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

METAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; METALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864574883     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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