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Spatial calibration of a 2D/3D ultrasound using a tracked needle

Vasconcelos, F; Peebles, D; Ourselin, S; Stoyanov, D; (2016) Spatial calibration of a 2D/3D ultrasound using a tracked needle. International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery , 11 (6) pp. 1091-1099. 10.1007/s11548-016-1392-5. Green open access

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Abstract

PURPOSE: Spatial calibration between a 2D/3D ultrasound and a pose tracking system requires a complex and time-consuming procedure. Simplifying this procedure without compromising the calibration accuracy is still a challenging problem. METHOD: We propose a new calibration method for both 2D and 3D ultrasound probes that involves scanning an arbitrary region of a tracked needle in different poses. This approach is easier to perform than most alternative methods that require a precise alignment between US scans and a calibration phantom. RESULTS: Our calibration method provides an average accuracy of 2.49 mm for a 2D US probe with 107 mm scanning depth, and an average accuracy of 2.39 mm for a 3D US with 107 mm scanning depth. CONCLUSION: Our method proposes a unified calibration framework for 2D and 3D probes using the same phantom object, work-flow, and algorithm. Our method significantly improves the accuracy of needle-based methods for 2D US probes as well as extends its use for 3D US probes.

Type: Article
Title: Spatial calibration of a 2D/3D ultrasound using a tracked needle
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-016-1392-5
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11548-016-1392-5
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2016. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecomm ons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Keywords: 3D Ultrasound, Calibration, Instrument Tracking
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL EGA Institute for Womens Health
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Computer Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Med Phys and Biomedical Eng
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1482455
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