Real-time cylindrical curvilinear 3-D ultrasound imaging

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 137-150

  Pua, E C ^a   Yen, J T ^a   Smith, S W ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

2 D array; Curvilinear; Cylindrical; Endoscopic; Real time; Transesophageal; Volumetric

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; PHANTOMS; SCANNING; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VISUALIZATION;

2D-ARRAYS; CURVILINEAR; CYLINDRICAL; ENDOSCOPIC; REAL TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL; VOLUMETRIC;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPE; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0742271588     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460302500302     Document Type: Article

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