Ultrasonic biomedical technology; Marketing versus clinical reality

Ultrasonics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-9, 2004, Pages 17-27

  Forsberg, F ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Advanced dynamic flow; B flow; Coded excitation; Compound imaging; Extended field of view imaging; Harmonic imaging; Photopic imaging; XRES

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MARKETING; PATIENT MONITORING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

3D IMAGING; ADVANCED DYNAMIC FLOW; B-FLOW; CODED EXCITATION; COMPOUND IMAGING; EXTENDED FIELD OF VIEW IMAGING; HARMONIC IMAGING; PHOTOPIC IMAGING; XRES;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADVERTIZING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

ADVERTISING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 1642586049     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2003.12.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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