Automatic registration of 3-D ultrasound images

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 841-854

  Rohling, Robert N ^a   Gee, A H ^a   Berman, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECORDING; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; GALLBLADDER; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032126813     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00210-X     Document Type: Article

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