Ultrasound image analysis for renal stone tracking during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Ioannis Manousakas; Yong-Ren Pu; Chien-Chen Chang; Shen-Min Liang

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259581

Ultrasound image analysis for renal stone tracking during extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2006:2006:2746-9. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259581.

Authors

Ioannis Manousakas¹, Yong-Ren Pu, Chien-Chen Chang, Shen-Min Liang

Affiliation

¹ Dept. of Biomed. Eng., I-Shou Univ., Kaohsiung, Taiwan. i.manousakas@ieee.org

PMID: 17945734
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.259581

Abstract

Although extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) is the standard procedure for treating renal stones, little work has been done on ways to minimize the side effects and on treatment optimization. A system that uses ultrasound imaging for real time renal stone monitoring is presented here and some aspects of the image analysis module are described. The improved system has proved to be more robust than the unmodified system. With such a system, the injury on healthy tissues is reduced while the treatment time is shortened.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Kidney Calculi / diagnostic imaging*
Kidney Calculi / therapy*
Lithotripsy / instrumentation*
Lithotripsy / methods*
Ultrasonography, Interventional / instrumentation*
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*