Virtual echography. the simulation of ultrasonographic examination
Henry, D.; Troccaz, J.; Bosson, J.L.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 29: 176-183
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 10163748 Document Number: 467055
We present a Virtual Echographic System. Because this examination is particularly difficult, developing a simulator is very useful to give students some common databases of pathological samples on which they could experiment image acquisition and evaluate their understanding of clinical cases. We have applied our method to the simulation of thigh ultrasonographic examination for thrombosis diagnosis. A preliminary system, focusing on image generation, has been developed. Virtual echographic slices are generated using a particular interpolation technique and a deformation model of significant structures. Resulting images have a visual quality similar to usual ones.