Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "ultrasound"

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    • Mitral Annulus Segmentation From Three-Dimensional Ultrasound 

      Schneider, Robert Joseph; Perrin, Douglas Paul; Vasilyev, Nikolay; Marx, Gerald Ross; Del Nido, Pedro J.; Howe, Robert D. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009)
      An accurate and reproducible segmentation of the mitral valve annulus from 3D ultrasound is useful to clinicians and researchers in applications such as pathology diagnosis and mitral valve modeling. Current segmentation ...

    • Robotic Motion Compensation for Beating Heart Intracardiac Surgery 

      Howe, Robert D.; Yuen, Shelten G.; Kettler, Daniel T.; Notovny, Paul M.; Plowes, Richard D. (SAGE Publications, 2009)
      3D ultrasound imaging has enabled minimally invasive, beating heart intracardiac procedures. However, rapid heart motion poses a serious challenge to the surgeon that is compounded by significant time delays and noise in ...