Computer system for four-dimensional transesophageal echocardiographic image reconstruction

Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 173-179

  Duann, J R ^a   Lin, S B ^a   Hu, W C ^a   Su, J L ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concentric interpolation; Four dimensional echocardiography; Image re coordination; Image reconstruction; Image reformation; Transesophageal echocardiography; Volume rendering

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

IMAGE RE-COORDINATION; IMAGE REFORMATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART BEAT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DATA DISPLAY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, FOUR-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0032834695     PISSN: 08956111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-6111(99)00016-6     Document Type: Article

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