Reconstruction and visualization of irregularly sampled three- and four- dimensional ultrasound data for cerebrovascular applications

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 263-272

  Meairs, Stephen ^a   Beyer, Jens ^a   Hennerici, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cerebrovascular ultrasound; Compound data reconstruction; Irregularly sampled ultrasound data; Registration; Three dimensional ultrasound imaging; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; NEUROLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SONOCHEMISTRY; SPECKLE; TISSUE;

CEREBROVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0034056419     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00130-1     Document Type: Article

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