3D ultrasound computer tomography for medical imaging

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1057-1065

  Gemmeke, H ^a   Ruiter, N V ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer aided diagnosis; Medical imaging equipment; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BREAST CANCER; MEDICAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34548493253     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.116     Document Type: Article

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