Objective performance testing and quality assurance of medical ultrasound equipment

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 460-471

  Thijssen, Johan M ^a   Weijers, Gert ^a   de Korte, Chris L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational observer; Contrast resolution; Echography; Image quality; Medical ultrasound; Objective assessment; Performance testing; QA4US ; Quality assurance; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

COMPUTATIONAL OBSERVER; CONTRAST RESOLUTION; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE TESTING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ULTRASOUND;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33847038380     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.09.006     Document Type: Article

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