Enabling low-cost point-of-care ultrasound imaging system using single element transducer and delta configuration actuator

Keshuai Xu; Younsu Kim; Emad M. Boctor; Haichong K. Zhang

doi:10.1117/12.2513169

8 March 2019 Enabling low-cost point-of-care ultrasound imaging system using single element transducer and delta configuration actuator

Keshuai Xu, Younsu Kim, Emad M. Boctor, Haichong K. Zhang

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Proceedings Volume 10951, Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling; 109510W (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513169
Event: SPIE Medical Imaging, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Ultrasound is a cost-effective and real-time modality for image-guided intervention for challenging and complication- prone procedure. Conventional ultrasound machines usually require the use of expensive probes and bulky electronics because of the need to acquire and process hundreds of channel data simultaneously. In contrast, a single-element ultrasound system creates a virtual array by scanning an ultrasound element with robotic actuation and tracking instead of using a physical array of ultrasound elements as in conventional ultrasound machine. It not only enables visualization of procedures that otherwise require a custom probe but also dramatically reduces cost and improves the accessibility of image-guided intervention in point-of-care applications. In this work, we present a single-element ultrasound imaging system with a delta configuration actuator modified from a low-cost commercial off-the-shelf 3-D printer, which can serve as both a prototype for clinical application and a research platform. We demonstrated the capability of the system with experiments of spine visualization. We scanned a spine phantom with a needle-based ultrasound. The results indicate the feasibility of compact and economically friendly single-element ultrasound imaging solution for spinal intervention applicable to guiding lumbar puncture and epidural needle insertion.

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Keshuai Xu, Younsu Kim, Emad M. Boctor, and Haichong K. Zhang "Enabling low-cost point-of-care ultrasound imaging system using single element transducer and delta configuration actuator", Proc. SPIE 10951, Medical Imaging 2019: Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling, 109510W (8 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513169

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