Real-Time 3D Ultrasound for Physiological Monitoring.

Abstract

This report documents the first year of a 3-year project to develop a field prototype Advanced Imaging System (AIMS). This prototype will consist of a lightweight, portable ultrasonic imaging system containing a two-dimensional transducer array, computer hardware and software for real-time 3-D holographic image reconstruction and visualization, and a stereovision headset for 3-D image display. During the reporting period, technology was developed to acquire and reconstruct 3-D images in the laboratory, using ultrasonic holography with a point transducer and 2-axis mechanical scanning, and to render these images using volume visualization. In addition, a 3-D imaging testbed system based on 'sequential B-scan' technology was developed and placed at Medical Army Medical Center to gain extensive physician experience with in-vivo 3-D ultrasound.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA302224

Entities

People

  • Steven R. Doctor

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computers
  • Holography
  • Image Reconstruction
  • Lightweight
  • Mechanical Scanning
  • Monitoring
  • Physicians
  • Physiological Monitoring
  • Prototypes
  • Scanning
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transducers
  • Two Dimensional
  • Ultrasounds
  • Visualizations

Fields of Study

  • Medicine
  • Physics

Readers

  • Medical Imaging.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.