Real-Time Freehand 3D Ultrasound Calibration

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 239-251

  Hsu, Po Wei ^a   Prager, Richard W ^a   Gee, Andrew H ^a   Treece, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Freehand three dimensional ultrasound; Real time

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

FREEHAND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; Z-PHANTOM;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 38349145967     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.07.020     Document Type: Article

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