A computerised quality control testing system for B-mode ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1697-1711

  Gibson, Nicholas M ^a   Dudley, Nicholas J ^a   Griffith, Kate ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated measurement; Image processing; Quality control; Test object

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC TESTING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; QUALITY CONTROL;

LINEAR-ARRAY PROBES;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; B SCAN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; IMAGE QUALITY; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL INFORMATION;

AUTOMATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035712366     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00479-3     Document Type: Article

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