Image stitching for three-pass whole breast ultrasound

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6147, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chang, Ruey Feng ^a   Chen, Chii Jen ^a   Takada, Etsuo ^b   Chou, Yi Hong ^c   Chen, Dar Ren ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Image stitching; Multi pass ultrasound images; Whole breast ultrasound

Indexed keywords

IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROJECTION SCREENS; TUMORS;

IMAGE STITCHING; MORBIDITY; MULTI-PASS ULTRASOUND IMAGES; WHOLE BREAST ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 33745368797     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.650293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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