Publications
Rapid calibration method for registration and 3D tracking of ultrasound images using spatial localizer.
Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 5035, 521-532.
Boctor2003.pdf (288.98 KB)
(2003). 
Robotically assisted intraoperative ultrasound with application to ablative therapy of liver cancer.
(Galloway, Jr., R. L., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2003: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 5029, 281-291.
Boctor2003c.pdf (341.78 KB)
(2003). 
Tracked 3D ultrasound in radio-frequency liver ablation.
(Walker, W. F., & Insana M. F., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2003: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 5035, 174-182.
Boctor2003a.pdf (236.57 KB)
(2003). 
Virtual remote center of motion control for needle placement robots.
Journal of Computer Aided Surgery. 9, 175–183.
Boctor2003b.pdf (399.33 KB)
(2003). 
CISUS: an integrated 3D ultrasound system for IGT using a modular tracking API.
(Galloway, Jr., R. L., Ed.).Medical Imaging 2004: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 5367, 247-256.
Boctor2004a.pdf (536.92 KB)
(2004). 
Development of a Robotically-Assisted 3-D Ultrasound System for Radiofrequency Ablation of Liver Tumors.
6th World Congress of the Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA).
(2004). A dual-armed robotic system for intraoperative ultrasound guided hepatic ablative therapy: a prospective study.
Procedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA ’04. 3, 2517–2522.
Boctor2004c.pdf (629.71 KB)
(2004). 
Immediate Ultrasound Calibration from Three Poses and Minimal Image Processing.
Proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention (MICCAI). 3217, 446-454.
Viswanathan2004.pdf (526.25 KB)
(2004). 
A novel closed form solution for ultrasound calibration.
Procedings IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: Nano to Macro. 527–530.
Boctor2004.pdf (189.73 KB)
(2004). 
Robotic Strain Imaging for Monitoring Thermal Ablation of Liver Tumors.
Proceedings in Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 3217, 81-88.
Boctor2004b.pdf (1.19 MB)
(2004). 
Robotically assisted ablative treatment guided by freehand 3D ultrasound.
Conference of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS). 503-508.
Boctor2004e.pdf (669.44 KB)
(2004). 
Virtual remote center of motion control for needle placement robots.
Journal of Computer Assisted Surgery. 9 (5), 175-183.
Boctor2004d.pdf (1.74 MB)
(2004). 
CIS-UltraCal: an open-source ultrasound calibration toolkit.
Medical Imaging 2005: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 5750, 516-523.
Kon2005.pdf (200.67 KB)
(2005). 
Real-time quality control of tracked ultrasound.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 8, 621–630.
Boctor2005.pdf (693.27 KB)
(2005). 
Robot-assisted 3D strain imaging for monitoring thermal ablation of liver.
Annual congress of the Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons. 240-241.
DeOliveira2005a.pdf (35.9 KB)
(2005). 
Ultrasound Self-Calibration and Real-Time Quality Control for Interventions.
IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium.
(2005). Bootstrapped ultrasound calibration.
Studies in health technology and informatics. 119, 61–66.
(2006). Ultrasound monitoring of tissue ablation via deformation model and shape priors.
Medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention (MICCAI). 9, 405–412.
Boctor2006b.pdf (6.61 MB)
(2006). 
Ultrasound self-calibration.
Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display. 6141, 61412N.
Boctor2006.pdf (429.17 KB)
(2006). 
Ultrasound Speckle Detection Using Low Order Moments.
Procedings IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. 2092–2095.
Rivaz2006.pdf (545.61 KB)
(2006). 
Beam Steering Approach for Speckle Characterization and Out-of-Plane Motion Estimation in Real Tissue.
Procedings IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. 781–784.
Rivaz2007.pdf (902.82 KB)
(2007). 
New approaches to calibration and segmentation in interventional ultrasound.
Procedings 4th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro ISBI 2007. 1060–1063.
Fichtinger2007.pdf (319.26 KB)
(2007). 
P6D-2 Ultrasound Bone Segmentation Using Dynamic Programming.
Procedings IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium. 2523–2526.
Foroughi2007.pdf (573.97 KB)
(2007). 
A robust meshing and calibration approach for sensorless freehand 3D ultrasound.
Medical Imaging 2007: Ultrasonic Imaging and Signal Processing. 6513, 651318.
Rivaz2007a.pdf (451.04 KB)
(2007). 
Speckle Characterization And Out-Of-Plane Motion Estimation In Tissue.
Sixth International Conference on the Ultrasonic Measurement and Imaging of Tissue Elasticity.
(2007).