Optimisation and evaluation of an electromagnetic tracking device for high-accuracy three-dimensional ultrasound imaging of the carotid arteries

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 957-968

  Barratt, Dean C ^a,b   Davies, Alun H ^a   Hughes, Alun D ^a   Thom, Simon A ^a   Humphries, Keith N ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Carotid artery; Magnetic tracking device; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; ERROR ANALYSIS;

VASCULAR APPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COST; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVALUATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

CAROTID ARTERIES; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034907381     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00395-7     Document Type: Article

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