title: 3D reconstruction of ultrasound scanned data for tissue mimicking material sample.
abstract: This paper investigates a 3D reconstruction based on the ultrasonic scanned data for tissue mimicking material (TMM) sample. A two-step varied window filter is developed to smooth ultrasound backscatter signals at first. Next, the anisotropic diffusion filter with a triangular window is presented to reduce the noise of the 2D images by aligning one-dimensional signals. Finally, the 3D structure of the object embedded in the TMM sample is reconstructed using the detected edges images. The performance of the proposed method is analyzed and validated through a number of experiments in both 2D imaging and 3D reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: College of Information Science & Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Haijiang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Division of Mechanics and Acoustic, National Institute of Metrology, Beijing 100013, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: College of Information Science & Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Tianbin
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D040761:Biomimetic Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry*; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D005782:Gels
keywords: 3D ultrasound reconstruction; anisotropic diffusion filter; tissue mimicking materials; two-step varied window filter