Medical instrument detection is essential for computer-assisted interventions, since it
facilitates clinicians to find instruments efficiently with a better interpretation, thereby …

Instrument segmentation plays a vital role in 3D ultrasound (US) guided cardiac intervention.
Efficient and accurate segmentation during the operation is highly desired since it can …

Although interventional devices, such as needles, guide wires, and catheters, are best
visualized by X-ray, real-time volumetric echography could offer an attractive alternative as it …

Medical instrument detection is essential for computer-assisted interventions since it would
facilitate the surgeons to find the instrument efficiently with a better interpretation, which …

Image guidance during minimally invasive intravascular interventions is primarily achieved
based on X-ray fluoroscopy, which has several limitations including limited 3-D imaging …

Echocardiography is a potential alternative to X-ray fluoroscopy in cardiac catheterization
given its richness in soft tissue information and its lack of ionizing radiation. However, its …

In this paper, real-time needle tip tracking method using 2D ultrasound (US) images for
robotic biopsies is presented. In this method, the needle tip is estimated with the Gabor filter …

During needle interventions for eg regional anaesthesia or biopsy, it is very important to
visualize the needle and its tip with respect to important structures in the body. In this work …

Fast and accurate catheter detection in cardiac catheterization using harmless 3D
ultrasound (US) can improve the efficiency and outcome of the intervention. However, the …

This paper presents an entropy based parameter tuning method for needle segmentation,
and a probability map based needle tip estimation method using Gabor-based line filter. The …