In the percutaneous needle procedures, the needle should be detected precisely to avoid damage to healty tissue and to get the samples. Excessive artifacts and low resolution of the ultrasound (US) images make it difficult to detect needle and its tip. It is possible to enhance the needle image using image processing; and this work proposes a novel needle detection method in 2D US images.

This project is supported by TÜBİTAK 3501 National Young Researchers Career Development Program (CAREER) under grant number 112E312.