Research Article

Ultrasound Calibration for Dual-Armed Surgical Navigation System

Table 1

The symbols for the coordinate system and transformation.

SymbolDescription

Robotic arm with ultrasound transducer
Robotic arm with tool
base coordinate system
base coordinate system
Ultrasound image coordinate system
Calibration phantom coordinate system
Standard stylus coordinate system
Target in ultrasound image coordinate system
Target in standard stylus coordinate system
Transformation from ultrasound image to
Transformation from to
Transformation from robotic to standard stylus
Ultrasound image pixel size