Accuracy of in-vitro volume estimation of small structures using three-dimensional ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 425-432

  Berg, Sevald ^a   Torp, Hans ^a   Blaas, Harm Gerd ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

3 D reconstruction; Point spread function; Three dimensional ultrasound; Transvaginal; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL TRANSVAGINAL ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMBRYO GROWTH; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TRANSDUCER; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034127849     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00154-4     Document Type: Article

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