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This paper proposes a probe-camera system for 3D ultrasound (US) image reconstruction with probe-camera calibration and probe localization methods. The probe-camera calibration method employs an existing US phantom for convenience with a simple procedure. The probe localization method employs structure from motion (SfM) to estimate the camera motion. SfM is used to reconstruct 3D point clouds from multiple-view images and simultaneously estimate each camera position. Through experiments using the developed system, we demonstrate that the proposed method exhibits good performance to reconstruct 3D US volume.
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Camera Calibration Toolbox for Matlab: http://www.vision.caltech.edu/bouguetj/calib_doc/.
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Stradwin: http://mi.eng.cam.ac.uk/~rwp/stradwin.
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Ito, K., Yodokawa, K., Aoki, T., Ohmiya, J., Kondo, S. (2017). A Probe-Camera System for 3D Ultrasound Image Reconstruction. In: Cardoso, M., et al. Imaging for Patient-Customized Simulations and Systems for Point-of-Care Ultrasound. BIVPCS POCUS 2017 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10549. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67552-7_16
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