Sonography under daylight conditions

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 259-264

  Bleck, J S ^a   Gebel, M ^a   Witt, B ^a   Schmitt, K J ^b   Breitkopf, P ^c   Westhoff Bleck, M ^a   Wagner, S ^a   Goke M ^a   Caselitz, M ^a   Schneider, A ^a   Strassburg, C ^a   Boozari, B ^a   Manns, M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Filter insertions; Image manipulation reconstruction; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRIGHTNESS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; SUNLIGHT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032441455     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000501     Document Type: Article

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