Medical image processing on the GPU–Past, present and future

A Eklund, P Dufort, D Forsberg, SM LaConte - Medical image analysis, 2013‏ - Elsevier
Graphics processing units (GPUs) are used today in a wide range of applications, mainly
because they can dramatically accelerate parallel computing, are affordable and energy …

A review of computer-based simulators for ultrasound training

T Blum, A Rieger, N Navab, H Friess… - Simulation in …, 2013‏ - journals.lww.com
Computer-based simulators for ultrasound training are a topic of recent interest. During the
last 15 years, many different systems and methods have been proposed. This article …

Real-time GPU-based ultrasound simulation using deformable mesh models

B Burger, S Bettinghausen, M Radle… - IEEE transactions on …, 2012‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a real-time capable graphics processing unit (GPU)-based ultrasound
simulator suitable for medical education. The main focus of the simulator is to synthesize …

A virtual reality system for PTCD simulation using direct visuo-haptic rendering of partially segmented image data

D Fortmeier, A Mastmeyer, J Schröder… - IEEE journal of …, 2014‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study presents a new visuo-haptic virtual reality (VR) training and planning system for
percutaneous transhepatic cholangio-drainage (PTCD) based on partially segmented virtual …

Biomechanically constrained groupwise ultrasound to CT registration of the lumbar spine

S Gill, P Abolmaesumi, G Fichtinger, J Boisvert… - Medical image …, 2012‏ - Elsevier
We present a groupwise US to CT registration algorithm for guiding percutaneous spinal
interventions. In addition, we introduce a comprehensive validation scheme that accounts for …

Gpu computing revolution: Cuda

RS Dehal, C Munjal, AA Ansari… - … on Advances in …, 2018‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this research paper, we have studied Compute Unified Device Architecture which was
developed by NVIDIA for its GPUs. It is a graphic library that provides a set of APIs' which …

Sonic millip3de: A massively parallel 3d-stacked accelerator for 3d ultrasound

R Sampson, M Yang, S Wei… - 2013 IEEE 19th …, 2013‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound is becoming common for non-invasive medical imaging
because of its high accuracy, safety, and ease of use. Unlike other modalities, ultrasound …

Enhancement of bone shadow region using local phase-based ultrasound transmission maps

I Hacihaliloglu - International journal of computer assisted radiology …, 2017‏ - Springer
Purpose Ultrasound is increasingly being employed in different orthopedic procedures as an
imaging modality for real-time guidance. Nevertheless, low signal-to-noise-ratio and …

Robotic intrafractional US guidance for liver SABR: system design, beam avoidance, and clinical imaging

J Schlosser, RH Gong, R Bruder, A Schweikard… - Medical …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To present a system for robotic 4D ultrasound (US) imaging concurrent with
radiotherapy beam delivery and estimate the proportion of liver stereotactic ablative body …

Livrsono-virtual reality training with haptics for intraoperative ultrasound

M Allgaier, F Huettl, LI Hanke, H Lang… - … on Mixed and …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the biggest challenges in using ultrasound (US) is learning to create a spatial mental
model of the interior of the scanned object based on the US image and the probe position …