The Ultrasound Visualization Pipeline - A Survey

2014

Abstract

Ultrasound is the most frequently used imaging modality in medicine. The high spatial resolution, its interactive nature and non-invasiveness makes it the first choice in many examinations. Image interpretation is one of the ultrasounds main challenges. Much training is required to obtain a confident skill level in ultrasound-based diagnostics. State-of-the-art graphics techniques is needed to provide meaningful visualizations of ultrasound in real-time In this paper we present the process-pipeline for ultrasound visualization, including an overview of the tasks performed in the specific steps. To provide an insight into the trends of ultrasound visualization research, we have selected a set of significant publications and divide them into a technique-based taxonomy covering the topics pre-processing, segmentation, registration, rendering and augmented reality. For the different technique types we discuss the difference between ultrasound-based techniques and techniques for other modalities.

Bibtex

@inbook{birkeland2012ultrasound,
	title={The Ultrasound Visualization Pipeline - A Survey},
	author={Birkeland, {\AA}smund and Solteszova, Veronika and H{\"o}nigmann, Dieter and Gilja, Odd Helge and Brekke, Svein and Ropinski, Timo and Viola, Ivan},
	year={2014},
		pages={283--303}
}