A review of calibration techniques for freehand 3-D ultrasound systems

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-165

  Mercier, Laurence ^a,c   Langø, Thomas ^b   Lindseth, Frank ^b   Collins, Louis D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D ultrasound; Freehand acquisition; Navigation; Ultrasound probe calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; LEAST SQUARE MINIMIZATION; TEMPORAL CALIBRATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICS; CALIBRATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL PROBE; MOLECULAR PROBE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SOUND TRANSMISSION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 13644249894     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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