音響インピーダンスを考慮したハッシュエンコーディングNeRFによるロボット超音波の再構成と位置推定
AIA-UltraNeRF:Acoustic-Impedance-Aware Neural Radiance Field with Hash Encodings for Robotic Ultrasound Reconstruction and Localization
音響インピーダンスを考慮したNeRFで超音波画像を再構成し、ハッシュエンコーディングと二重教師ネットワークで初期位置に依存しない位置推定を実現した。
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著者: Shuai Zhang, Jingsong Mu, Cancan Zhao, Leiqi Tian, Zhijun Xing, Bo Ouyang, Xiang Li
分類: cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
Neural radiance field (NeRF) is a promising approach for reconstruction and new view synthesis. However, previous NeRF-based reconstruction methods overlook the critical role of acoustic impedance in ultrasound imaging. Localization methods face challenges related to local minima due to the selection of initial poses. In this study, we design a robotic ultrasound system (RUSS) with an acoustic-impedance-aware ultrasound NeRF (AIA-UltraNeRF) to decouple the scanning and diagnostic processes. Specifically, AIA-UltraNeRF models a continuous function of hash-encoded spatial coordinates for the 3D ultrasound map, allowing for the storage of acoustic impedance without dense sampling. This approach accelerates both reconstruction and inference speeds. We then propose a dual-supervised network that leverages teacher and student models to hash-encode the rendered ultrasound images from the reconstructed map. AIA-UltraNeRF retrieves the most similar hash values without the need to render images again, providing an offline initial image position for localization. Moreover, we develop a RUSS with a spherical remote center of motion mechanism to hold the probe, implementing operator-independent scanning modes that separate image acquisition from diagnostic workflows. Experimental results on a phantom and human subjects demonstrate the effectiveness of acoustic impedance in implicitly characterizing the color of ultrasound images. AIAUltraNeRF achieves both reconstruction and localization with inference speeds that are 9.9 faster than those of vanilla NeRF.
