Identifying Visible Tissue in Intraoperative Ultrasound Images during Brain Surgery: A Method and Application

no code implementations • 1 Jun 2023 • Alistair Weld, Luke Dixon, Giulio Anichini, Michael Dyck, Alex Ranne, Sophie Camp, Stamatia Giannarou

In this paper, we propose a method for the identification of the visible tissue, which enables the analysis of ultrasound probe and tissue contact via the detection of acoustic shadow and construction of confidence maps of the perceptual salience.

Binary Classification

Collaborative Robotic Ultrasound Tissue Scanning for Surgical Resection Guidance in Neurosurgery

no code implementations • 19 Jan 2023 • Alistair Weld, Michael Dyck, Julian Klodmann, Giulio Anichini, Luke Dixon, Sophie Camp, Alin Albu-Schäffer, Stamatia Giannarou

A key application of the proposed platform is the scanning of brain tissue to guide tumour resection.

Anatomy