Title :
Ultrasound elastography as a motion estimation problem
Author :
Hussein, Marwan ; Kadah, Yasser M.
Author_Institution :
Syst. & Biomed. Eng. Dept., Cairo Univ., Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
We study the feasibility of processing B-mode images instead of RF data to generate ultrasound elastography displacement fields. We use the exhaustive search (ES) algorithm which is a basic block matching algorithm from the video compression domain. We also apply two modifications to ES that can enhance both speed and detectability. Quantitative measurements of accuracy and runtime are presented. Results and potential future work are discussed.
Keywords :
biomedical ultrasonics; image matching; medical image processing; motion estimation; B-mode image processing; ES algorithm; accuracy measurement; block matching algorithm; exhaustive search algorithm; motion estimation problem; quantitative measurement; runtime measurement; ultrasound elastography displacement field; video compression domain; Biomedical imaging; Estimation; Motion estimation; Radio frequency; Runtime; Ultrasonic imaging; Video compression;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Medical Applications (ICCMA), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5213-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCMA.2013.6506187
