Interactive acquisition, analysis, and visualization of sonographic volume data

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-37

  Nelson, Thomas R ^a   Pretorius, Dolores H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; IMAGE QUALITY; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

SONOGRAPHY; STEREOSCOPY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0030785991     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(1997)8:1<26::AID-IMA4>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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