@inproceedings{4e4200d686d1467e88df2f559b064a70,
title = "Real-Time Instrument Tracking in Ultrasound Images for Visual Servoing",
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.",
author = "Tobias Ortmaier and Guillaume Morel and Vitrani, \{Marie Aude\}",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1007/3-540-26431-0\_48",
language = "English",
isbn = "3540250522",
series = "Informatik aktuell",
pages = "232--236",
booktitle = "Bildverarbeitung fur die Medizin 2005",
note = "Workshops Bildverarbeitung fur die Medizin: Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen, BVM 2005 - Workshop on Image Processing for Medicine: Algorithms - Systems - Applications, BVM 2005 ; Conference date: 13-03-2005 Through 15-03-2005",
}