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Fast and Automatic Ultrasound Simulation from CT Images
Joint Authors
Yang, Jian
Wang, Yongtian
Cong, Weijian
Liu, Yue
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-11-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Ultrasound is currently widely used in clinical diagnosis because of its fast and safe imaging principles.
As the anatomical structures present in an ultrasound image are not as clear as CT or MRI.
Physicians usually need advance clinical knowledge and experience to distinguish diseased tissues.
Fast simulation of ultrasound provides a cost-effective way for the training and correlation of ultrasound and the anatomic structures.
In this paper, a novel method is proposed for fast simulation of ultrasound from a CT image.
A multiscale method is developed to enhance tubular structures so as to simulate the blood flow.
The acoustic response of common tissues is generated by weighted integration of adjacent regions on the ultrasound propagation path in the CT image, from which parameters, including attenuation, reflection, scattering, and noise, are estimated simultaneously.
The thin-plate spline interpolation method is employed to transform the simulation image between polar and rectangular coordinate systems.
The Kaiser window function is utilized to produce integration and radial blurring effects of multiple transducer elements.
Experimental results show that the developed method is very fast and effective, allowing realistic ultrasound to be fast generated.
Given that the developed method is fully automatic, it can be utilized for ultrasound guided navigation in clinical practice and for training purpose.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cong, Weijian& Yang, Jian& Liu, Yue& Wang, Yongtian. 2013. Fast and Automatic Ultrasound Simulation from CT Images. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cong, Weijian…[et al.]. Fast and Automatic Ultrasound Simulation from CT Images. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Cong, Weijian& Yang, Jian& Liu, Yue& Wang, Yongtian. Fast and Automatic Ultrasound Simulation from CT Images. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-463860
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-463860