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Real-Time Instrument Tracking in Ultrasound Images for Visual Servoing

  • Tobias Ortmaier
  • , Guillaume Morel
  • , Marie Aude Vitrani

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Abstract

Minimally invasive surgery in combination with ultrasound (US) imaging imposes high demands on the surgeon's hand-eye-coordination capabilities. A possible solution to reduce these requirements is minimally invasive robotic surgery in which the instrument is guided by visual servoing towards the goal defined by the surgeon in the US image. This approach requires robust tracking of the instrument in the US image sequences which is known to be difficult due to poor image quality. This paper presents computer vision algorithms and results of experiments for different instrument materials.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBildverarbeitung fur die Medizin 2005
Subtitle of host publicationAlgorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen, BVM 2005 - Proceedings des Workshops
Pages232-236
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventWorkshops Bildverarbeitung fur die Medizin: Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen, BVM 2005 - Workshop on Image Processing for Medicine: Algorithms - Systems - Applications, BVM 2005 - Heidelberg, Germany
Duration: 13 Mar 200515 Mar 2005

Publication series

NameInformatik aktuell
ISSN (Print)1431-472X

Conference

ConferenceWorkshops Bildverarbeitung fur die Medizin: Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen, BVM 2005 - Workshop on Image Processing for Medicine: Algorithms - Systems - Applications, BVM 2005
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHeidelberg
Period13 Mar 200515 Mar 2005

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modelling and Simulation

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