Three-dimensional and four-dimensional ultrasound: Techniques and abdominal applications

Journal of Medical Ultrasound

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 228-242

  Kim, Se Hyung ^a   Choi, Byung Ihn ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Diagnostic techniques; Three dimensional image; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; BILE DUCT DISEASE; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GALLBLADDER DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEEDLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; RADIOLOGIST; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 38049144626     PISSN: 09296441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6441(08)60040-5     Document Type: Review

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