Real-time rectilinear volumetric imaging using a periodic array

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 923-931

  Yen, Jesse T ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D array; Real time; Rectilinear; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; SCANNING;

VOLUMETRIC SCANNERS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

CARDIAC VOLUME; CAROTID ARTERIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036657976     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00543-4     Document Type: Article

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