AR instruction system to manipulate US probe in tele-echo

Author

Oshiro, O. ; Iino, S. ; Suenaga, T. ; Kuroda, T. ; Chihara, K.

Author_Institution

Nara Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Ikoma, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36434

Abstract

Describes an instruction system to manipulate an ultrasound (US) probe in tele-echo using an augmented reality (AR) technique. In this system, an image including a patient chest and a US probe was captured at a measurement site and transferred to a diagnosis site. A medical doctor at a diagnosis site instructed the location and orientation of a US probe with a digitizer and computer graphic (CG) technique in order to obtain the desired US B-mode image. Then, the location and orientation of a US probe was modified according to the CG probe projected on the patient´s chest. The authors performed the experiment, which reveals that this system enables a medical doctor to obtain the desired B-mode image through a network

Keywords

augmented reality; biomedical equipment; biomedical ultrasonics; probes; ultrasonic equipment; AR instruction system; US probe manipulation; augmented reality technique; computer graphic technique; diagnosis site; digitizer; measurement site; medical doctor; patient chest; tele-echo; Augmented reality; Biomedical imaging; Character generation; Computer graphics; Image coding; Medical diagnostic imaging; Paper technology; Probes; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic variables measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5674-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1999.804389

Filename

804389