Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Fenster, Aaron ^a   Downey, Dónal B ^b   Cardinal, H Neale ^b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

IMAGING MODALITY;

ULTRASONICS;

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAGING; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035005966     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/5/201     Document Type: Review

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