title: Rapid calibration for 3-D freehand ultrasound.
abstract: 3-D freehand ultrasound is a new imaging technique that is rapidly finding clinical applications. A position-sensing device is attached to a conventional ultrasound probe so that, as B-scans are acquired, they can be labelled with their relative positions and orientations. This allows a 3-D data set to be constructed from the B-scans. A key requirement of all freehand imaging systems is calibration; that is, determining the position and orientation of the B-scan with respect to the position sensor. This is typically a lengthy and tedious process that may need repeating every time a sensor is mounted on a probe. This paper describes a new calibration technique that takes only a few minutes to perform and produces results that compare favourably (in terms of both accuracy and precision) with previously published alternatives.
authors.affiliation: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK. rwp@eng.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Prager
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Rohling
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Gee
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Berman
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*