Intensity Vector Field
Motivation
- In general, for image reconstruction in ultrasound, only magnitude (intensity) of reflections is considered.
- In this work a novel vector field concept is proposed which considers the reflection magnitude and directivity.
- A novel Reflection Directivity Visualization Tool for Improved Operator Workflow is proposed.
Typical Beamforming Overlaid with the Proposed Intensity Vector Field
Ultrasound Imaging for Needle Tracking – Insertion Reinsertion
Ultrasound Imaging for Needle Tracking – Multi-region Publications
- G. Malamal and M. R. Panicker, “A Novel Technique for Estimation and Detection of Specular Reflections Leveraging High Frame Rate Ultrasound Imaging,” in IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 72, pp. 1-11, 2023,
- G. Malamal and M. R. Panicker, “Intensity Vector Field: A Tool for Visualization and Characterization of Tissue Reflections in High Framerate Ultrasound Imaging,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2021.
- G. Malamal and M. R. Panicker, “Pixel Intensity Vector Field: An Inside Out Approach of Looking at Ultrasound Reflections from the Lung at High Frame Rates”, 43rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC), 2021.