Title :
Fusion of 3D echo and cardiac magnetic resonance volumes during live scanning
Author :
Kiss, Gabor ; Ford, Steven ; Claus, P. ; D´hooge, J. ; Torp, Hans
Author_Institution :
MI Lab. & Dept. of Circulation & Med. Imaging, Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
The aim of this project was to develop a method for real-time alignment and visualization of 3D echo and CMR volumes during a live 3D echocardiographic scan and to demonstrate its applicability in a typical ultrasound scanning scenario.
Keywords :
acoustic streaming; biomedical MRI; diseases; echocardiography; edge detection; electrocardiography; image fusion; image segmentation; medical image processing; synchronisation; ultrasonic imaging; 3D echo data; 3D echo fusion; ECG signal; GE Vivid E9; GPU; anatomic landmarks; basal attachment point; cardiac magnetic resonance volume fusion; customized streaming plugin; edge detections; heart; image quality; image segmentation; left ventricle; live 3D echocardiographic scan; live scanning; live stream; long-axis cine; myocardial infarction; outflow tract; prerecorded data; real-time alignment; real-time contour tracking library; real-time scanning scenario; real-time visualization; right ventricle; rigid transformation landmarks; scan conversion; standard TCP-IP connection; temporal synchronization; time synchronization; ultrasound scanner; ultrasound scanning scenario; Computed tomography; Data visualization; Real-time systems; Standards; Three-dimensional displays; Ultrasonic imaging;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), 2013 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5684-8
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2013.0214
