Computing requirements of modern medical diagnostic ultrasound machines

Parallel Computing

Volumn 24, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 1407-1431

  Basoglu, Chris ^a   Managuli, Ravi ^a   York, George ^a   Kim, Yongmin ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Parallel computer architecture; Programmable ultrasound image processor; Ultrasound computing requirement; Ultrasound machines; Ultrasound processing algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL FLOWS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TABLE LOOKUP; TISSUE;

COLOR FLOW PROCESSING; PROGRAMMABLE ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSORS (PUIP);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032156890     PISSN: 01678191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8191(98)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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