Instrumentation of off-the-shelf ultrasound system for measurement of probe forces during freehand imaging

Schimmoeller, Tyler; Colbrunn, Robb; Nagle, Tara F.; Lobosky, Mark; Neumann, Erica E.; Owings, Tammy M.; Landis, Benjamin J.; Jelovsek, J. Eric; Erdemir, Ahmet

doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.11.032

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“…Ultrasound is a cost-effective and non-invasive imaging modality best used to investigate soft tissue properties. If used in conjunction with force feedback the user can account for the applied load deforming tissue during imaging 7 . Computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging are also used to investigate soft tissue properties and, although more cost prohibitive, allow accurate measurement of tissue thickness.…”

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“…Ultrasound imaging was performed using an ACUSON S3000 TM (Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany), instrumented 7 with a six degree-of-freedom (6-DoF) Nano25 load cell (ATI Industrial Automation, Apex, North Carolina), a VN-100 inertial measurement unit (IMU) (VectorNav, Dallas, Texas), and an optical tracking smart cluster (Northern Digital Inc., Waterloo, ON) ( Fig. 2).…”

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“…The weight of the probe in any orientation became a function of orientation, therefore in any orientation the probe weight could be subtracted. This method of weight compensation was previously used and validated 6,7 .…”

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Reference data on in vitro anatomy and indentation response of tissue layers of musculoskeletal extremities

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The skin, fat, and muscle of the musculoskeletal system provide essential support and protection to the human body. The interaction between individual layers and their composite structure dictate the body’s response during mechanical loading of extremity surfaces. Quantifying such interactions may improve surgical outcomes by enhancing surgical simulations with lifelike tissue characteristics. Recently, a comprehensive tissue thickness and anthropometric database of in vivo extremities was acquired using a load sensing instrumented ultrasound to enhance the fidelity of advancing surgical simulations. However detailed anatomy of tissue layers of musculoskeletal extremities was not captured. This study aims to supplement that database with an enhanced dataset of in vitro specimens that includes ultrasound imaging supported by motion tracking of the ultrasound probe and two additional full field imaging modalities (magnetic resonance and computed tomography). The additional imaging datasets can be used in conjunction with the ultrasound/force data for more comprehensive modeling of soft tissue mechanics. Researchers can also use the image modalities in isolation if anatomy of legs and arms is needed.

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Reference data on in vitro anatomy and indentation response of tissue layers of musculoskeletal extremities

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“…Additionally, an indenter probe was created to measure bulk tissue response during loading. The three surgical tools were demonstrated in a previous study 19 , as was the custom LabVIEW (National Instruments, Dallas, TX) program 19,22 for instrumentation of an ultrasound to measure load and track position. The indenter is a 10 mm diameter stainless-steel sphere attached to a stainless-steel cylinder and is interchangeable with the scalpel blade holder and retractor (Fig.…”

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Reference tool kinematics-kinetics and tissue surface strain data during fundamental surgical acts

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“…In general, there are three main ways to implement 3D ultrasound reconstruction: 1) A freehand system equipped with multiple positioning sensors [8,9,11,[16][17][18][19][20][21]26]. This design is relatively lightweight.…”

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Probe Sector Matching for Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction

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A 3D ultrasound image reconstruction technique, named probe sector matching (PSM), is proposed in this paper for a freehand linear array ultrasound probe equipped with multiple sensors, providing the position and attitude of the transducer and the pressure between the transducer and the target surface. The proposed PSM method includes three main steps. First, the imaging target and the working range of the probe are set to be the center and the radius of the imaging field of view, respectively. To reconstruct a 3D volume, the positions of all necessary probe sectors are pre-calculated inversely to form a sector database. Second, 2D cross-section probe sectors with the corresponding optical positioning, attitude and pressure information are collected when the ultrasound probe is moving around the imaging target. Last, an improved 3D Hough transform is used to match the plane of the current probe sector to the existing sector images in the sector database. After all pre-calculated probe sectors are acquired and matched into the 3D space defined by the sector database, a 3D ultrasound reconstruction is completed. The PSM is validated through two experiments: a virtual simulation using a numerical model and a lab experiment using a real physical model. The experimental results show that the PSM effectively reduces the errors caused by changes in the target position due to the uneven surface pressure or the inhomogeneity of the transmission media. We conclude that the PSM proposed in this study may help to design a lightweight, inexpensive and flexible ultrasound device with accurate 3D imaging capacity.

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Instrumentation of off-the-shelf ultrasound system for measurement of probe forces during freehand imaging

Cited by 20 publications

References 21 publications

Reference data on in vitro anatomy and indentation response of tissue layers of musculoskeletal extremities

Reference data on in vitro anatomy and indentation response of tissue layers of musculoskeletal extremities

Reference tool kinematics-kinetics and tissue surface strain data during fundamental surgical acts

Probe Sector Matching for Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction

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