Creating 3D Models from 2D Ultrasound Imaging

Being able to visualize the inside of the human body is extremely helpful for medical applications from disease diagnosis to surgery guidance. 3D ultrasound scanners are very expensive and not widely used. This project aims to adapt a conventional 2D ultrasound scanner to provide 3D models simply and accurately at a much lower cost. We design a platform with an easily 3D printed mount coupled with a microchip sensor tracking the real time orientation for freehand 3D ultrasound imaging. A series of data acquisition techniques, mathematical transformations, and image processing algorithms are developed to reconstruct and render the ultrasound volume.