Motion detection in ultrasound image-sequence using tensor voting

Author

Guo, Shuqiang ; Fan, Honghui ; Inba, Masafumi ; Tamura, Yasutaka ; Yanagida, Hirotaka

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Yamagata Univ., Yonezawa

fYear

2008

fDate

2-5 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1294

Lastpage

1297

Abstract

Motion detection in ultrasound image sequence using tensor voting is described. The system adopts synthetic aperture focusing techniques and short duration coded signals to realize high-speed data acquisition. However, many artifacts appear in the reconstructed image sequence because of the incompleteness of the transmitted code and insufficient number of array elements. In this paper, we examined the application of the tensor voting for precise motion detection and artifact reduction in synthetic aperture focusing technique.

Keywords

acoustic signal processing; image motion analysis; image reconstruction; image sequences; tensors; ultrasonic arrays; ultrasonic focusing; ultrasonic imaging; array elements; artifact reduction; high-speed data acquisition; image reconstruction; motion detection; short duration coded signal; synthetic aperture focusing technique; tensor voting; ultrasound image-sequence; Data acquisition; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Focusing; Image reconstruction; Image sequences; Motion detection; Object detection; Tensile stress; Ultrasonic imaging; Voting; motion detection; tensor voting; ultrasound imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 2008. IUS 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2428-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2480-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0313

Filename

4803397