OC-0182: Demonstration of real-time, automatic 3D seed & needle localization in brachytherapy using integrated EM tracking

Performance and suitability assessment of a real-time 3D electromagnetic needle tracking system for interstitial brachytherapy.

PURPOSE Accurate insertion and overall needle positioning are key requirements for effective brachytherapy treatments. This work aims at demonstrating the accuracy performance and the suitability of the Aurora(®) V1 Planar Field Generator (PFG) electromagnetic tracking system (EMTS) for real-time treatment assistance in interstitial brachytherapy procedures. MATERIAL AND METHODS The system's ...

Detection of Congenital Mullerian Anomalies Using Real-Time 3D Sonography

Automatic Alignment of Standard Views in 3D Echocardiograms Using Real-time Tracking

In this paper, we present an automatic approach for alignment of standard apical and short-axis slices, and correcting them for out-of-plane motion in 3D echocardiography. This is enabled by using real-time Kalman tracking to perform automatic left ventricle segmentation using a coupled deformable model, consisting of a left ventricle model, as well as structures for the right ventricle and lef...

Real-Time Interference Detection in Tracking Loop of GPS Receiver

Global Positioning System (GPS) spoofing could pose a major threat for GPS navigation ‎systems, so the GPS users have to gain a better understanding of the broader implications of ‎GPS.‎ In this paper, a plenary anti-spoofing approach based on correlation is proposed to distinguish spoofing effects. The suggested ‎method can be easily implemented in tracking loop of GPS receiver...

Real-Time 3D Object Tracking

The conventional wisdom in artificial intelligence, and particularly in computer vision, is that large volumes of input data should be converted into a more compact symbolic form by a process of segmentation. The difficulty of performing a satisfactory segmentation of image data (except under the most artificial of conditions) has caused the greatest problem in implementing useful vision system...