Guided visualization of ultrasound image sequences

Authors:
Paolo Angelelli;Ivan Viola;Kim Nylund;Odd Helge Gilja;Helwig Hauser
Affiliations:
Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway;Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway;National Centre for Gastroenterologic Ultrasonography, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway and Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway;National Centre for Gastroenterologic Ultrasonography, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway and Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway;Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Norway
Venue:
EG VCBM'10 Proceedings of the 2nd Eurographics conference on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Ultrasonography allows informative and expressive real time examinations of patients. Findings are usually reported as printouts, screen shots and video sequences. However, in certain scenarios, the amount of imaged ultrasound data is considerable or it is challenging to detect the anatomical features of interest. Post-examination access to the information present in the data is, therefore, cumbersome. The examiner must, in fact, review entire video sequences or risk to lose relevant information by reducing the examination to single screen shot and printouts. In this paper we propose a novel post-processing pipeline for guided visual exploration of ultrasound video sequences, to allow easier and richer exploration and analysis of the data. We demonstrate the usefulness of this approach by applying it to a liver examination case, showing easier and quicker ultrasound image selection and data exploration.