A system for simultaneously measuring contact force, ultrasound, and position information for use in force-based correction of freehand scanning.
During freehand ultrasound imaging, the sonographer places the ultrasound probe on the patient's skin. This paper describes a system that simultaneously records the position of the probe, the contact force between the probe and skin, and the ultrasound image. The system consists of an ultrasoun...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2005
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