Three-dimensional ultrasound: A maturing technology

Ultrasound Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-40

  Downey, Dónal B ^a,b   Fenster, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Rendering Three dimensional reconstruction; Three dimensional ultrasound; Three dimensional viewing; Volumetric measurement

Indexed keywords

ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0031956569     PISSN: 08948771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013644-199803000-00003     Document Type: Review

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