论文标题
实时超声图像分析方法临床翻译的屏幕跟踪
Screen Tracking for Clinical Translation of Live Ultrasound Image Analysis Methods
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论文摘要
超声（US）成像是最常用的非侵入性成像技术之一。但是，美国的图像获取需要同时指导传感器和图像的解释，这是一项高度挑战的任务，需要多年的培训。尽管在研究内图像分析方面有许多最新发展，但结果并不容易转化为临床环境。我们提出了一个通用框架来提取美国图像并叠加分析任务的结果，而无需对美国系统进行物理连接或更改。所提出的方法通过用超声波师的视点固定摄像机跟踪屏幕，并将捕获的图像平均为87.66 +-3.73ms，从而捕获了美国图像。 假设这将使该检索到的图像能够将其输入到图像处理管道中，以提取有助于改善检查的信息。最终，可以将这些信息实时投影到超声波检查员的视野中，例如增强现实（AR）耳机。
Ultrasound (US) imaging is one of the most commonly used non-invasive imaging techniques. However, US image acquisition requires simultaneous guidance of the transducer and interpretation of images, which is a highly challenging task that requires years of training. Despite many recent developments in intra-examination US image analysis, the results are not easy to translate to a clinical setting. We propose a generic framework to extract the US images and superimpose the results of an analysis task, without any need for physical connection or alteration to the US system. The proposed method captures the US image by tracking the screen with a camera fixed at the sonographer's view point and reformats the captured image to the right aspect ratio, in 87.66 +- 3.73ms on average. It is hypothesized that this would enable to input such retrieved image into an image processing pipeline to extract information that can help improve the examination. This information could eventually be projected back to the sonographer's field of view in real time using, for example, an augmented reality (AR) headset.
