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Method for optimizing ultrasonic probe imaging plane space position calibration

A technology of spatial position and ultrasonic probe, applied in ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnosis, ultrasonic diagnosis, infrasonic diagnosis, etc., to achieve good practical value, scientific and reasonable processing of measurement and calibration, and improve the effect of calibration accuracy

Active Publication Date: 2013-08-07
TSINGHUA UNIV
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However, such methods require additional processing steps and require the use of a modified N-line model. See Hsu PW, Prager RW, Gee AH, et al. Real-time freehand3D ultrasound calibration. Ultrasound in medicine & biology. 2008, 34( 2): 239-251; In addition, this method first assumes that other position components except the imaging thickness direction are accurate after conventional calibration, but this assumption may not be true in most practical applications

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[0043] In order to realize the solution method proposed by the present invention and verify its effectiveness, we have actually built a test system and conducted a performance test comparison experiment, comparing the traditional N-line The calibration method and the solution accuracy of the method of the present invention and the repeatability error of calibration, and the situation that the error decreases with the number of ultrasonic images participating in the calibration, experiments have confirmed that the method of the present invention can be faster when there are multiple ultrasonic images. The calibration error is reduced, and the calibration accuracy is better when there is a larger "thickness error", so that the calibration process of the probe can be easier and more reliable. Figure 8 Provide the program flowchart of the present invention in, the example of the test comparison of concrete realization is as described in the following steps:

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The invention discloses a method for optimizing ultrasonic probe imaging plane space position calibration and belongs to the field of medical ultrasonic three-dimensional imaging and ultrasonic image fusion. The method is an optimizing method for calibrating the transformation relation of the space position of an ultrasonic probe imaging plane and the space position of a space position sensor, namely the space transformation matrix. Under the assisting of a three-dimensional positioning system, the method includes steps of: 1, constructing a three-dimensional positioning system; 2, manufacturing an N-line model; 3, building a coordinate system set of the positioning system; 4, calibrating a placing space position of a water tank model; 5, collecting ultrasonic images under different positions; extracting N-line marks and calculating the ultrasonic plane position; 7, mapping N-line mark points on the ultrasonic images onto a three-dimensional space plane; 8, performing registering on three-dimensional coordinate points on the imaging plane and an N line on the water tank model; 9, performing optimization calculation; and 10, calculating the optimum transformation between an imaging plane and the position sensor. The method has the advantages of reducing errors in space position calibration of the imaging plane.

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Technical field: [0001] The invention belongs to the field of medical ultrasonic three-dimensional imaging and ultrasonic image fusion, and its specific applications include three-dimensional medical ultrasonic imaging, and spatial registration fusion imaging of medical ultrasonic images and other modes of images (such as CT and MRI). Background technique: [0002] As a nondestructive, real-time, and cheap imaging examination, medical ultrasound images have been widely used in medicine. At present, the ultrasound examination widely used in clinical practice adopts the B-mode imaging mode, commonly known as "B-ultrasound". B-type imaging obtains two-dimensional tomographic images that change in real time over time. Doctors rely on their understanding of human anatomy to form a judgment in their minds about whether the internal three-dimensional structure of the human body is normal or not. With the development of medical imaging technology, 3D ultrasound imaging has attracted...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61B8/00
Inventor 王广志丁辉朱立人
Owner TSINGHUA UNIV
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