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Automatic detection of fiducial markers in fluoroscopy images for on-line calibration

Journal Article · · Medical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1914547· OSTI ID:20726052
Calibrated C-arm fluoroscopy is used for a variety of medical procedures where objects and anatomical structures need to be located in space. Calibration is often based on imaging a grid of fiducial markers and using the C-arm image's geometrical measurements (radius and center) together with the positions of the markers. An on-line technique is developed to automatically locate the fiducial markers and validated on 97 images. The success rate of the detection algorithm is 96.28% with an average error of 0.46 mm and a standard deviation of 0.32 mm.
OSTI ID:
20726052
Journal Information:
Medical Physics, Journal Name: Medical Physics Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 32; ISSN 0094-2405; ISSN MPHYA6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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