UWGSP8: A programmable ultrasound subsystem for native image processing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2707, Issue , 1996, Pages 378-388

  Basoglu, Chris ^a   Reeve, Jeff ^a,b   Kim, Yongmin ^a   Marquis, Steve ^b  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical imaging; Native processing; Parallel computer architecture; Signal and image processing; Ultrasound hardware and software; Ultrasound machines

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTERS; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; HARDWARE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MACHINE DESIGN; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DOPPLER EFFECT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

COLOR FLOWS; COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITIES; DATA THROUGHPUTS; DEMANDING PROCESSING; DOPPLER PROCESSING; ELECTRONIC BOARDS; FLEXIBLE DESIGNS; HARDWARE DESIGNS; NATIVE PROCESSING; PARALLEL COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; PROGRAMMABILITY; SPECIFIC HARDWARES; SUB SYSTEMS; ULTRASOUND HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND MACHINES; WIDER RANGES;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHM SPECIFIC HARDWARE; DOPPLER PROCESSING; IMAGE DISPLAY; NATIVE IMAGE PROCESSING; PROGRAMMBLE ULTRASOUND SUBSYSTEMS; ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 0029721636     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.238466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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