Subsample interpolation strategies for sensorless freehand 3D ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1897-1904

  Housden, R James ^a   Gee, Andrew H ^a   Treece, Graham M ^a   Prager, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D ultrasound; Speckle decorrelation; Subsample interpolation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; PROBES; SPECKLE;

3D ULTRASOUND; FREEHAND SCAN; SPECKLE DECORRELATION; SUBSAMPLE INTERPOLATION;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ARTICLE; ERROR; MECHANICAL PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MOTION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845343563     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.06.027     Document Type: Article

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