Ultrasound needle segmentation and trajectory prediction using excitation network.

Jia Yi LeeMobarakol IslamJing Ru WohT S Mohamed WasheemLee Ying Clara NgohWeng Kin WongHongliang Ren

Published in: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery (2020)

Our novel model combining LinkNet and scSE shows a promising result for kidney biopsy application, which implies potential to other similar ultrasound-guided biopsies that require needle tracking and trajectory prediction.

Keyphrases

ultrasound guided
fine needle aspiration
deep learning
convolutional neural network
magnetic resonance imaging
human health
machine learning
network analysis
contrast enhanced ultrasound