Volumetric imaging with ultrasonic spiral CT

Radiology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 270-275

  Azhari, Haim ^a   Sazbon, Didi ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast, US; Computed tomography (CT) ultrasound; Ultrasound computed tomography; Ultrasound, experimental studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHANTOM; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0032968430     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.212.1.r99jl18270     Document Type: Article

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