A Real-time Ultrasound Simulation Platform Using Ray Tracing and Its Integration with Virtual Reality

Authors

Bo Peng, 1.School of Computer Science, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China;2.Dept. of Echo-cardiology and Non-invasive Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Science, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu 610072, China;3.Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences·Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Echocardiography and Biomechanics, Chengdu 610072, China;Follow
Qiang Wang, 1.School of Computer Science, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China;
Ruibing Qing, 1.School of Computer Science, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China;
Lixue Yin, 2.Dept. of Echo-cardiology and Non-invasive Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Science, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu 610072, China;3.Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences·Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Echocardiography and Biomechanics, Chengdu 610072, China;
Jingfeng Jiang, 4.Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan Tech University, Houghton, MI 49931, USA;

Abstract

Abstract: In order to further improve the efficacy of ultrasound training and reduce the cost. An ultrasound training system that is integrated with a VR environment is developed. The main contribution of this study is to incorporate the Ray-tracing based ultrasound image simulation approach into a virtual reality environment, taking advantage of immersive VR experience for medical ultrasound training. The simulated ultrasound images obtained by the proposed method are then compared to images that are simulated using a generative adversarial network (GAN) technique and Field II ultrasound simulator. The data show that the ultrasound simulator can produce high-quality simulated ultrasound images in real-time at 43 frames/s by tracing over 256 rays through numerical phantom models with more than 200 000 triangles, at the same time, it is verified that ray tracing combined with VR environment for ultrasonic simulation is feasible.

Recommended Citation

Peng, Bo; Wang, Qiang; Qing, Ruibing; Yin, Lixue; and Jiang, Jingfeng (2022) "A Real-time Ultrasound Simulation Platform Using Ray Tracing and Its Integration with Virtual Reality," Journal of System Simulation: Vol. 34: Iss. 11, Article 12.
DOI: 10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.21-0180
Available at: https://dc-china-simulation.researchcommons.org/journal/vol34/iss11/12

First Page

2425

Revised Date

2021-04-28

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.21-0180

Last Page

2436

CLC

TP391.9

Recommended Citation

Bo Peng, Qiang Wang, Ruibing Qing, Lixue Yin, Jingfeng Jiang. A Real-time Ultrasound Simulation Platform Using Ray Tracing and Its Integration with Virtual Reality[J]. Journal of System Simulation, 2022, 34(11): 2425-2436.

DOI

10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.21-0180