A review of calibration techniques for freehand 3-D ultrasound systems

L Mercier, T Langø, F Lindseth, LD Collins - Ultrasound in medicine & …, 2005 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasound (US) is an emerging new technology with numerous
clinical applications. Ultrasound probe calibration is an obligatory step to build 3-D volumes …

Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging

RW Prager, UZ Ijaz, AH Gee… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This review is about the development of three-dimensional (3D) ultrasonic medical imaging,
how it works, and where its future lies. It assumes knowledge of two-dimensional (2D) …

Gradient-based 2-D/3-D rigid registration of fluoroscopic X-ray to CT

H Livyatan, Z Yaniv, L Joskowicz - IEEE transactions on …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a gradient-based method for rigid registration of a patient preoperative
computed tomography (CT) to its intraoperative situation with a few fluoroscopic X-ray …

Instantiation and registration of statistical shape models of the femur and pelvis using 3D ultrasound imaging

DC Barratt, CSK Chan, PJ Edwards, GP Penney… - Medical image …, 2008 - Elsevier
Statistical shape modelling potentially provides a powerful tool for generating patient-
specific, 3D representations of bony anatomy for computer-aided orthopaedic surgery …

Understanding bone responses in B-mode ultrasound images and automatic bone surface extraction using a Bayesian probabilistic framework

AK Jain, RH Taylor - Medical imaging 2004: ultrasonic …, 2004 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The registration of preoperative CT to intra-operative reality systems is a crucial step in
Computer Assisted Orthopedic Surgery (CAOS). The intra-operative sensors include 3D …

Bone surface localization in ultrasound using image phase-based features

I Hacihaliloglu, R Abugharbieh, AJ Hodgson… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2009 - Elsevier
Current practice in orthopedic surgery relies on intraoperative fluoroscopy as the main
imaging modality for localization and visualization of bone tissue, fractures, implants and …

Combined Ultrasound and Photoacoustic Image Guidance of Spinal Pedicle Cannulation Demonstrated With Intact ex vivo Specimens

EA Gonzalez, A Jain, MAL Bell - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: Spinal fusion surgeries require accurate placement of pedicle screws in anatomic
corridors without breaching bone boundaries. We are developing a combined ultrasound …

Ultrasound imaging and segmentation of bone surfaces: A review

I Hacihaliloglu - Technology, 2017 - World Scientific
Due to its real-time, non-radiation based three-dimensional (3D) imaging capabilities,
ultrasound (US) has been incorporated into various orthopedic procedures. However …

Self-calibrating 3D-ultrasound-based bone registration for minimally invasive orthopedic surgery

DC Barratt, GP Penney, CSK Chan… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intraoperative freehand three-dimensional (3-D) ultrasound (3D-US) has been proposed as
a noninvasive method for registering bones to a preoperative computed tomography image …

Photoacoustic imaging of a human vertebra: implications for guiding spinal fusion surgeries

J Shubert, MA Lediju Bell - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
It is well known that there are structural differences between cortical and cancellous bone.
However, spinal surgeons currently have no reliable method to non-invasively determine …