Real-time simulation of transesophageal echocardiography
Ullrich, S.; Milner, J.S.; Moore, J.; Evestedt, D.; Peters, T.M.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 196: 436-438
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 1879-8365 PMID: 24732551 Document Number: 674911
In this paper we describe an approach to interactively render ultrasound images for a transesophageal echocardiogram procedure. Our prototype features an animated 3D model of a human heart that is used to synthesize virtual ultrasound images in real-time. The user can control the probe and interact with the simulator via a GUI or with a haptics device. The ultrasound plane is rendered in a classical 2D view but can also be displayed in the context of the 3D heart model.