Ultrasound calibration using intensity-based image registration: for application in cardiac catheterization procedures

Y. L. Ma; K. S. Rhode; G. Gao; A. P. King; P. Chinchapatnam; T. Schaeffter; D. J. Hawkes; R. Razavi; G. P. Penney

doi:10.1117/12.770174

25 March 2008 Ultrasound calibration using intensity-based image registration: for application in cardiac catheterization procedures

Y. L. Ma, K. S. Rhode, G. Gao, A. P. King, P. Chinchapatnam, T. Schaeffter, D. J. Hawkes, R. Razavi, G. P. Penney

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Proceedings Volume 6918, Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Modeling; 69180O (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770174
Event: Medical Imaging, 2008, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

We present a novel method to calibrate a 3D ultrasound probe which has a 2D transducer array. By optically tracking a calibrated 3D probe we are able to produce extended field of view 3D ultrasound images. Tracking also enables us to register our ultrasound images to other tracked and calibrated surgical instruments or to other tracked and calibrated imaging devices. Our method applies rigid intensity-based image registration to three or more ultrasound images. These images can either be of a simple phantom, or could potentially be images of the patient. In this latter case we would have an automated calibration system which required no phantom, no image segmentation and was optimized to the patient's ultrasound characteristics i.e. speed of sound. We have carried out experiments using a simple calibration phantom and with ultrasound images of a volunteer's liver. Results are compared to an independent gold-standard. These showed our method to be accurate to 1.43mm using the phantom images and 1.56mm using the liver data, which is slightly better than the traditional point-based calibration method (1.7mm in our experiments).

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Y. L. Ma, K. S. Rhode, G. Gao, A. P. King, P. Chinchapatnam, T. Schaeffter, D. J. Hawkes, R. Razavi, and G. P. Penney "Ultrasound calibration using intensity-based image registration: for application in cardiac catheterization procedures", Proc. SPIE 6918, Medical Imaging 2008: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Modeling, 69180O (25 March 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770174

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