@inproceedings{a63ce1a8ed6a49a39e9301f705f0242d,
title = "Real-time simulation of medical ultrasound from CT images",
abstract = "Medical ultrasound interpretation requires a great deal of experience. Real-time simulation of medical ultrasound provides a cost-effective tool for training and easy access to a variety of cases and exercises. However, fully synthetic and realistic simulation of ultrasound is complex and extremely time-consuming. In this paper, we present a novel method for simulation of ultrasound images from 3D CT scans by breaking down the computations into a preprocessing and a run-time phase. The preprocessing phase produces detailed fixed-view 3D scattering images and the run-time phase generates view-dependent ultrasonic artifacts for a given aperture geometry and position within a volume of interest. We develop a simple acoustic model of the ultrasound for the run-time phase, which produces realistic ultrasound images in real-time when combined with the previously computed scattering image.",
author = "Ramtin Shams and Richard Hartley and Nassir Navab",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-85990-1-88",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783540859871",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "PART 2",
pages = "734--741",
editor = "{D. Metaxas}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention Conference (MICCAI 2008)",
edition = "Peer Reviewed",
note = "11th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2008) ; Conference date: 01-01-2008",
}