TY - GEN
T1 - A novel method for enhanced needle localization using ultrasound-guidance
AU - Dong, Bin
AU - Savitsky, Eric
AU - Osher, Stanley
N1 - Funding Information:
The research is supported by SN-30014, Center for Computational Biology NIH Toga; and the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) of the US Army Medical Research and Material Command (MRMC).
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this paper, we propose a novel and fast method to localize and track needles during image-guided interventions. Our proposed method is comprised of framework of needle detection and tracking in highly noisy ultrasound images via level set and PDE (partial differential equation) based methods. Major advantages of the method are: (1) efficiency, the entire numerical procedure can be finished in real-time: (2) robustness, insensitive to noise in the ultrasound images and: (3) flexibility, the motion of the needle can be arbitrary. Our method will enhance the ability of medical care-providers to track and localize needles in relation to objects of interest during image-guided interventions.
AB - In this paper, we propose a novel and fast method to localize and track needles during image-guided interventions. Our proposed method is comprised of framework of needle detection and tracking in highly noisy ultrasound images via level set and PDE (partial differential equation) based methods. Major advantages of the method are: (1) efficiency, the entire numerical procedure can be finished in real-time: (2) robustness, insensitive to noise in the ultrasound images and: (3) flexibility, the motion of the needle can be arbitrary. Our method will enhance the ability of medical care-providers to track and localize needles in relation to objects of interest during image-guided interventions.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-10331-5_85
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-10331-5_85
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:72449168978
SN - 3642103308
SN - 9783642103308
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 914
EP - 923
BT - Advances in Visual Computing - 5th International Symposium, ISVC 2009, Proceedings
T2 - 5th International Symposium on Advances in Visual Computing, ISVC 2009
Y2 - 30 November 2009 through 2 December 2009
ER -