Design and test of a PC-based portable three-dimensional ultrasound software system Ultra3D

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-251

  Xu, X George ^a   Hum Na, Yong ^a   Zhang, Tiantian ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Portable; Processing; Three dimensional; Ultrasound; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE (DICOM); IMAGE DISPLAY; ULTRASOUND SOFTWARE SYSTEM;

ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICINE; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEAR SYSTEM; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICROCOMPUTER; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSDUCER;

FETUS; GALLBLADDER; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROCOMPUTERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 37549064317     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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