Engineering a freehand 3D ultrasound system

Pattern Recognition Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 757-777

  Gee, Andrew ^a   Prager, Richard ^a   Treece, Graham ^a   Berman, Laurence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Freehand acquisition; Medical imaging; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIES; DATA ACQUISITION; MACHINE DESIGN; MEDICAL IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

CLINICAL TECHNIQUES;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0037290211     PISSN: 01678655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8655(02)00180-0     Document Type: Article

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