Acoustic window planning for ultrasound acquisition.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
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Abstract

UNLABELLED: Autonomous robotic ultrasound has recently gained considerable interest, especially for collaborative applications. Existing methods for acquisition trajectory planning are solely based on geometrical considerations, such as the pose of the transducer with respect to the patient surface.

Authors

  • Rüdiger Göbl
    Computer Aided Medical Procedures, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748, Garching, Germany. r.goebl@tum.de.
  • Salvatore Virga
    Computer Aided Medical Procedures, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748, Garching, Germany.
  • Julia Rackerseder
    Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
  • Benjamin Frisch
    Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
  • Nassir Navab
    Chair for Computer Aided Medical Procedures & Augmented Reality, TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
  • Christoph Hennersperger
    Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.