Live UltrasoundΒΆ

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The Live Ultrasound (LIVEUS) module extends the Ultrasound (US) and Stream modules by ultrasound-specific real-time capabilties.

The vast majority of US module users rely on the ImFusion Suite for real-time processing of US images directly obtained from US scanners. While dedicated hardware integrations to various US devices and tracking systems are encapsulated in dedicated hardware plugins, the LIVEUS module serves as the basis for integrating and processing these sources of data, including live (3D) rendering, recording, as well as certain navigation tasks.

For US scanners without a dedicated API, the US module also provides sophisticated tools to extract image data from frame grabbing streams. These functionalities include GPU-accelerated on-the-fly processing and recording of the video stream, pixel-perfect masking of the ultrasound image content, automatic frame geometry recognition and present switching, and more.