Three-dimensional spatial compounding of ultrasound images

Medical Image Analysis

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-193

  Rohling, Robert ^a   Gee, Andrew ^a   Berman, Laurence ^b  

^a Department of Engineering ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 D ultrasound imaging; Registration; Spatial compounding; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHOGRAPHY; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031107438     PISSN: 13618415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-8415(97)85009-8     Document Type: Article

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