Versatile robotic probe calibration for position tracking in ultrasound imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 3499-3513

  Bø, Lars Eirik ^a,b,c   Hofstad, Erlend Fagertun ^a   Lindseth, Frank ^a,b   Hernes, Toril A N ^b  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Central Norway Regional Health Authority ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; image guided surgery; position tracking; probe calibration; ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MATLAB; TRACKING (POSITION); ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

3-D ULTRASOUND; CALIBRATION MATRIX; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; NUMBER OF METHODS; PROBE CALIBRATION; ULTRASOUND GUIDED; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND PROBE CALIBRATIONS;

PROBES;

ALGORITHM; CALIBRATION; DEVICES; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; STANDARDS;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ROBOTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84928485262     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/9/3499     Document Type: Article

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