Tracking a 3-D ultrasound probe with constantly visible fiducials

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 152-157

  Poon, Tony C ^a   Rohling, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D probe; 3 D ultrasound; Calibration; Position tracking

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA ACQUISITION; TRACKING (POSITION); ULTRASONICS;

3-D PROBE; 3-D ULTRASOUND; FIDUCIALS;

PROBES;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33845637634     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.017     Document Type: Article

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