Advanced training methods using an Augmented Reality ultrasound simulator

Author

Blum, Tobias ; Heining, Sandro Michael ; Kutter, Oliver ; Navab, Nassir

Author_Institution

Comput. Aided Med. Procedures & Augmented Reality (CAMP), Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany

fYear

2009

fDate

19-22 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

177

Lastpage

178

Abstract

Ultrasound (US) is a medical imaging modality which is extremely difficult to learn as it is user-dependent, has low image quality and requires much knowledge about US physics and human anatomy. For training US we propose an Augmented Reality (AR) ultrasound simulator where the US slice is simulated from a CT volume. The location of the US slice inside the body is visualized using contextual in-situ techniques. We also propose advanced methods how to use an AR simulator for training.

Keywords

augmented reality; biomedical ultrasonics; computer based training; data visualisation; medical image processing; teaching; CT volume; US physics-and-human anatomy; US slice; augmented reality ultrasound simulator; contextual in-situ visualization; image quality; medical imaging; teaching; training method; Augmented reality; Biological system modeling; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Human anatomy; Image quality; Medical simulation; Physics; Ultrasonic imaging; Visualization; H.5.1 [Information Interfaces and Presentation]: Artificial, augmented, and virtual realities; J.3 [Life and Medical Sciences]: —;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mixed and Augmented Reality, 2009. ISMAR 2009. 8th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5390-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5389-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMAR.2009.5336476

Filename

5336476