Processing and visualizing three-dimensional ultrasound data

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue SPEC. ISS. 2, 2004, Pages

  Gee, A ^a   Prager, R ^a   Treece, G ^a   Cash, C ^b   Berman, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 14044262284     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/80676194     Document Type: Article

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