Can uncertainty estimation predict segmentation performance in ultrasound bone imaging?

PU Pandey, P Guy, AJ Hodgson - International Journal of Computer …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose Segmenting bone surfaces in ultrasound (US) is a fundamental step in US-based
computer-assisted orthopaedic surgeries. Neural network-based segmentation techniques …

Automatic segmentation of bone surfaces from ultrasound using a filter-layer-guided CNN

AZ Alsinan, VM Patel, I Hacihaliloglu - International journal of computer …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Ultrasound (US) provides real-time, two-/three-dimensional safe imaging. Due to
these capabilities, it is considered a safe alternative to intra-operative fluoroscopy in various …

Deep learning techniques for bone surface delineation in ultrasound

M Ciganovic, F Özdemir, M Farshad… - Medical Imaging 2019 …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
For computer-assisted interventions in orthopedic surgery, automatic bone surface
delineation can be of great value. For instance, given such a method, an automatically …

Machine learning based bone segmentation in ultrasound

N Baka, S Leenstra, T van Walsum - … and Challenge, CSI 2016, Held in …, 2016 - Springer
Ultrasound (US) guidance is of increasing interest for minimally invasive procedures in
orthopedics due to its safety and cost benefits. However, bone segmentation from US …

Orientation-guided graph convolutional network for bone surface segmentation

A Rahman, WGC Bandara, JMJ Valanarasu… - … Conference on Medical …, 2022 - Springer
Due to imaging artifacts and low signal-to-noise ratio in ultrasound images, automatic bone
surface segmentation networks often produce fragmented predictions that can hinder the …

An efficient end-to-end CNN for segmentation of bone surfaces from ultrasound

K Luan, Z Li, J Li - Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of ultrasound (US) imaging in orthopedic surgery has always been a
research direction. However, the various problems of US imaging hinder the development of …

[PDF][PDF] Spine surface segmentation from ultrasound using multi-feature guided CNN

A Alsinan, M Vives, V Patel, I Hacihaliloglu - CAOS, 2019 - easychair.org
Accurate, robust, and real-time segmentation of bone surfaces is an essential objective for
ultrasound (US) guided computer assisted orthopedic surgery (CAOS) procedures. In this …

Ensemble uncertainty as a criterion for dataset expansion in distinct bone segmentation from upper-body ct images

E Schnider, A Huck, M Toranelli, G Rauter… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Purpose: The localisation and segmentation of individual bones is an important
preprocessing step in many planning and navigation applications. It is, however, a time …

Improved automatic bone segmentation using large-scale simulated ultrasound data to segment real ultrasound bone surface data

H Patel, I Hacihaliloglu - 2020 IEEE 20th International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic segmentation of bone surfaces from ultrasound images is of great interest in the
ultrasound-guided computer assisted orthopedic surgery field. These automatic …

[PDF][PDF] Standardized evaluation of current ultrasound bone segmentation algorithms on multiple datasets

P Pandey, B Hohlmann, P Brößner… - Proceedings of The …, 2022 - easychair.org
Ultrasound (US) bone segmentation is an important component of US-guided orthopaedic
procedures. While there are many published segmentation techniques, there is no direct …