Median filters used for volume reconstruction in freehand 3-D ultrasound

Yongping Zheng; Q.H. Huang

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616804

Median filters used for volume reconstruction in freehand 3-D ultrasound

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Abstract

Freehand 3-D ultrasound imaging has been playing an important role in obtaining entire 3-D impression of tissues and organs. Reconstructing a sequence of irregularly located B-scan images into a volume data set with regular voxel arrays is one of key procedures for visualization and data analysis. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of median filters for volume reconstruction in freehand systems. Three median filters were proposed to filter noises and obtain voxel intensities. Qualitative and quantitative comparison results were presented to demonstrate the performance of median filters for volume reconstruction. Compared with conventional distance weighted (DW) interpolation, the three median filters were able to preserve more image details and reconstruct volume data with better quality

Original language	English
Title of host publication	27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005 : IEEE-EMBS 2005, 17-18 January 2006, Shanghai
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1826-1829
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	0780387414
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616804
Publication status	Published - 2006
Event	IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference [EMBC] - Duration: 1 Jan 2006 → …

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Conference	IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference [EMBC]
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Keywords

Biological organs
Biomedical ultrasonics
Image reconstruction
Interpolation
Median filters
Medical image processing

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Zheng, Y & Huang, QH 2006, Median filters used for volume reconstruction in freehand 3-D ultrasound. in 27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005 : IEEE-EMBS 2005, 17-18 January 2006, Shanghai. IEEE, pp. 1826-1829, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference [EMBC], 1/01/06. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616804

Median filters used for volume reconstruction in freehand 3-D ultrasound. / Zheng, Yongping; Huang, Q.H.
27th Annual International Conference of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005 : IEEE-EMBS 2005, 17-18 January 2006, Shanghai. IEEE, 2006. p. 1826-1829.

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