An interactive tool to visualize three-dimensional ultrasound data

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 133-142

  Robert, Bruno ^a   Richard, Bruno ^a   Nicolas, Jean Marie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b TELECOM PARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Imaging; Three dimensional; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; THYROID GLAND; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0033966165     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00111-8     Document Type: Article

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