MICCAI 2018 Daily - Wednesday

Workshop: POCUS 15 Wednesday The workshop featured oral presentations and live demonstrations from leading academic and industrial groups from around the world. Deep learning played a major role in many of the presentations. One live demonstration [1] featured a deep learning system running on an android phone, connected to a wireless hand- held ultrasound probe, that informed users of when the probe was correctly positioned for various cardiac function assessment tests. Hardware advances included [2] a needle with a 1D ultrasound transducer embedded in the tip and controlled by hardware from a 3D printer, to guide the needle to acquire 2D/3D images as it is being inserted and to precisely reach a desired location. Display advances included [3] a modified Hololens that provided AR and VR capabilities for ultrasound guided interventions. Tracking advances included [4] the use of a standard webcam for ultrasound and needle guidance as part of a training system. For many at MICCAI, the goal of our work is impact as well as innovation. With MRI, CT, and many of the other modalities, it can be extremely challenging to get a research algorithm integrated into the associated radiological clinical workflows. With POCUS systems, not only are there significant MIC and CAI opportunities, but the barriers to clinical impact are also massively reduced and the potential number of users is massively increased. We look forward to future MICCAI POCUS workshops, and your participation in them. The proceedings from this and other MICCAI workshops can be viewed here . [1] Nathan Van Woudenberg, et al. “Quantitative Echocardiography: Real-time Quality Estimation and View Classification Implemented on a Mobile Android Device”, POCUS Workshop, MICCAI, 2018 [2] H.K. Zhang, et al. “Single-Element Needle- Based Ultrasound Imaging of Spine: An In Vivo Feasibility Study” POCUS Workshop, MICCAI, 2018 [3] L. Kohli “Fusing Hololens and Point-Of- Care Ultrasound Technology for Intuitive Procedure Guidance” POCUS Workshop, MICCAI, 2018 [4] M. Asselin, et al. “A Training Tool for Ultrasound-guided Central Line Insertion with Webcam-based Position Tracking” POCUS Workshop, MICCAI, 2018 “ With POCUS systems, not only are there significant MIC and CAI opportunities, but the barriers to clinical impact are also massively reduced and the potential number of users is massively increased. ”