A multi-threaded version of Field II

JA Jensen - 2014 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A multi-threaded version of Field II has been developed, which automatically can use the
multi-core capabilities of modern CPUs. The memory allocation routines were rewritten to …

Efficient stratified 3D scatterer sampling for freehand ultrasound simulation

F Gaits, N Mellado, G Bouyjou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound image simulation is a well-explored field with the main objective of generating
realistic synthetic images, further used as ground truth for computational imaging algorithms …

Fast 2-D ultrasound strain imaging: The benefits of using a GPU

T Idzenga, E Gaburov, W Vermin… - IEEE transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deformation of tissue can be accurately estimated from radio-frequency ultrasound data
using a 2-dimensional normalized cross correlation (NCC)-based algorithm. This procedure …

The transesophageal echocardiography simulator based on computed tomography images

A Piórkowski, A Kempny - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Simulators are a new tool in education in many fields, including medicine, where they
greatly improve familiarity with medical procedures, reduce costs, and, importantly, cause no …

Open-source surface mesh-based ultrasound-guided spinal intervention simulator

L Bartha, A Lasso, C Pinter, T Ungi, Z Keri… - International journal of …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose Ultrasound is prevalent in image-guided therapy as a safe, inexpensive, and widely
available imaging modality. However, extensive training in interpreting ultrasound images is …

Real-Time Simulation of Wave Phenomena in Lung Ultrasound Imaging

K Szostek, J Lasek, A Piórkowski - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Medical simulations have proven to be highly valuable in the education of healthcare
professionals. This significance was particularly evident during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Fast and mechanistic ultrasound simulation using a point source/receiver approach

LA Aguilar, RSC Cobbold… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound simulators relying on impulse response methods are faithful to the mechanisms
of image formation from the underlying radio-frequency signals, but as a result tend to be …

FAMUS II: A fast and mechanistic ultrasound simulator using an impulse response approach

L Aguilar, J Wong, DA Steinman… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real-time simulation of ultrasound images is increasingly important for providing a means of
presenting a wide variety of clinical images for the training of ultrasound specialists and …

Real-time simulation of ultrasound refraction phenomena using ray-trace based wavefront construction method

K Szostek, A Piórkowski - Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultrasound (US) imaging is one of the most popular techniques used in clinical diagnosis,
mainly due to lack of adverse effects on patients and the simplicity of US equipment …

Automatized fuzzy evaluation of CT scan heart slices for creating 3D/4D heart model

M Bielecka, A Piórkowski - Applied Soft Computing, 2015 - Elsevier
A new method of evaluation of CT scan heart slices is proposed in this paper. CT images,
acquired from different patients, are stored in PACS database. In order to create 3D/4D …