Medical instrument detection in ultrasound: a review

H Yang, C Shan, AF Kolen, PHN de With - Artificial Intelligence Review, 2023‏ - Springer
Medical instrument detection is essential for computer-assisted interventions, since it
facilitates clinicians to find instruments efficiently with a better interpretation, thereby …

Multi-needle detection in 3D ultrasound images using unsupervised order-graph regularized sparse dictionary learning

Y Zhang, X He, Z Tian, JJ Jeong, Y Lei… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate and automatic multi-needle detection in three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound (US) is
a key step of treatment planning for US-guided brachytherapy. However, most current …

[HTML][HTML] Improving needle visibility in LED-based photoacoustic imaging using deep learning with semi-synthetic datasets

M Shi, T Zhao, SJ West, AE Desjardins, T Vercauteren… - Photoacoustics, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Photoacoustic imaging has shown great potential for guiding minimally invasive procedures
by accurate identification of critical tissue targets and invasive medical devices (such as …

Evaluation and comparison of current biopsy needle localization and tracking methods using 3D ultrasound

Y Zhao, Y Shen, A Bernard, C Cachard, H Liebgott - Ultrasonics, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This article compares four different biopsy needle localization algorithms in both 3D and 4D
situations to evaluate their accuracy and execution time. The localization algorithms were …

Robust and semantic needle detection in 3D ultrasound using orthogonal-plane convolutional neural networks

A Pourtaherian, F Ghazvinian Zanjani, S Zinger… - International journal of …, 2018‏ - Springer
Purpose During needle interventions, successful automated detection of the needle
immediately after insertion is necessary to allow the physician identify and correct any …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient and robust instrument segmentation in 3D ultrasound using patch-of-interest-FuseNet with hybrid loss

H Yang, C Shan, A Bouwman, AF Kolen… - Medical Image …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
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 …

Medical instrument detection in ultrasound-guided interventions: A review

H Yang, C Shan, AF Kolen, PHN de With - arxiv preprint arxiv:2007.04807, 2020‏ - arxiv.org
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 …

Medical instrument detection in 3-dimensional ultrasound data volumes

A Pourtaherian, HJ Scholten, L Kusters… - IEEE transactions on …, 2017‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultrasound-guided medical interventions are broadly applied in diagnostics and therapy, eg,
regional anesthesia or ablation. A guided intervention using 2-D ultrasound is challenging …