Real-Time Automatic Artery Segmentation, Reconstruction and Registration for Ultrasound-Guided Regional Anaesthesia of the Femoral Nerve.
Erik SmistadFrank LindsethPublished in: IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging (2016)
Keyphrases
- ultrasound guided
- real time
- accurate segmentation
- fully automatic
- image segmentation
- needle insertion
- image analysis
- level set
- image registration
- segmentation method
- registration process
- segmentation algorithm
- medical imaging
- mitral valve
- region growing
- low contrast
- prostate cancer
- vision system
- medical images
- prostate brachytherapy
- x ray
- shape prior
- automated segmentation
- registration errors
- three dimensional
- fluoroscopic images
- registration accuracy
- reconstruction process
- image guided
- fully automated
- high resolution
- image reconstruction
- energy function
- virtual environment