3D ultrasound tissue motion tracking using correlation search

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-159

  Morsy, A A ^a   Von Ramm, O T ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation search; Motion tracking; Three dimensional flow

Indexed keywords

TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

3-D ULTRASOUND; BLOOD VELOCITY ESTIMATION; CLINICAL SITUATIONS; MOTION VECTORS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; ULTRASOUND SCANS; VELOCITY VECTORS; VOLUMETRIC IMAGING;

MOTION TRACKING;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0032413154     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173469802000301     Document Type: Article

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