Paper Info
Title
Towards an ultrasound probe with vision: structured light to determine surface orientation
Abstract
Over the past decade, we have developed an augmented reality system called the Sonic Flashlight (SF), which merges ultrasound with the operator's vision using a half-silvered mirror and a miniature display attached to the ultrasound probe. We now add a small video camera and a structured laser light source so that computer vision algorithms can determine the location of the surface of the patient being scanned, to aid in analysis of the ultrasound data. In particular, we intend to determine the angle of the ultrasound probe relative to the surface to disambiguate Doppler information from arteries and veins running parallel to, and beneath, that surface. The initial demonstration presented here finds the orientation of a flat-surfaced ultrasound phantom. This is a first step towards integrating more sophisticated computer vision methods into automated ultrasound analysis, with the ultimate goal of creating a symbiotic human/machine system that shares both ultrasound and visual data.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-32630-1_6
AE-CAI
Keywords
Field
DocType
surface orientation,doppler information,visual data,sophisticated computer vision method,ultrasound probe,structured light,augmented reality system,computer vision algorithm,ultrasound data,machine system,flat-surfaced ultrasound,automated ultrasound analysis,ultrasound,computer vision,laser
Flashlight,Computer vision,Structured light,Computer graphics (images),Imaging phantom,Augmented reality,Laser,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Doppler effect,Video camera,Ultrasound
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.58
6
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Samantha Horvath1163.54
J.M. Galeotti27513.90
Bo Wang350.58
Matt Perich450.58
Jihang Wang581.39
Mel Siegel628280.67
Patrick Vescovi750.58
George D. Stetten814622.70