Forskningsrådets IKT-konferanse 2014

1. Real-Time Processing
of Streamed 3D Data
Better operations with 3D ultrasound
Veronika Solteszova
12.11.2014

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Background
UiB, Visualization Group Basic research not limited to
• 3D volume rendering
• Segmentation
• Processing
• Interaction
Photo: E. Røstad

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Background
UiB, Visualization Group Basic research not limited to
• 3D volume rendering
• Segmentation
• Processing
• Interaction
HUS, NCUG
Clinical use of ultrasound
Photo: E. Røstad

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Background
UiB, Visualization Group Basic research not limited to
• 3D volume rendering
• Segmentation
• Processing
• Interaction
HUS, NCUG Clinical use of ultrasound
CMR, Computing Applied visualization, data analysis, decision support, virt. reality…
• Oil & gas, renewable energy
• Marine, environment, maritime & SAR
• Medicine
Photo: E. Røstad

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IllustraSound Project 2009-2013

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IllustraSound Achievements 2009-13
•Strong interdisciplinary research
•UiB, HUS, CMR (MedViz)
•Certified medical illustrator Kari Toverud
•International cooperation partners
•GE Vingmed (industry, access to data)
•17 peer-reviewed publications
•2 successful PhD theses
•1 Patent application
•Eurographics Dirk Bartz Medical Prize 2013

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Promising Results
•Peer-reviewed article on High-Quality filtering of ultrasound data
•Patent application filed in 2012 with support of Bergen Teknologioverføring AS (BTO) and FORNY

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ISADAF: In-Situ ADAptive Filtering
•1 year support from VERDIKT, CMR, UiB, HUS and GE Vingmed
•Commercialization of results from IllustraSound
•Processing of 3D ultrasound volumes in-situ
a) Not processed
b) Processed
c) Identical to b, computed in 60% time

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Results from ISADAF
•New patent application “Visibility-Driven 3D Ultrasound Image Processing”
•For many processing approaches, not limited to med. ultrasound
•Versatile, therefore better potential
•NVIDIA Best paper award at Eurographics VCBM ’14
•Invited to submit to Computer Graphics Forum (L2 journal)

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Challenges
•Job after PhD must allow to follow up the results
•Synchronize publishing and patenting activity
•Definition of public disclosure
•Clear to lawyers
•Not clear to researchers by default

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Future Outlook
•Final report to GE Vingmed, possible exclusive license
•Alternative lines of commercialization
•Other lines medical ultrasound than cardiac (GE Kretztechnik)
•Industries with need of better in-situ visualization of 3D data
Dataset Anna
Dataset source Archer BTC

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Acknowledgments
•VERDIKT (projects #193170 and #229352/O70)
•MedViz
•BTO
•GE Vingmed AS
•P. Angelelli
•K. Matre
•M. Lønnebakken
•Svein Brekke