Toroidal geometry: novel three-dimensional intracardiac imaging with a phased-array transducer

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 493-498

  Belohlavek, Marek ^a,b   MacLellan Tobert, Susan G ^a,b   Seward, James B ^a,c   Greenleaf, James F ^a,c  

^a Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation ^*

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOG; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; DOGS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0031154599     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70001-4     Document Type: Article

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