Full angle spatial compounding for improved replenishment analyses in contrast perfusion imaging: In vitro studies

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 819-830

  Hansen, Christian ^a,b   Hüttebräuker, Nils ^b   Wilkening, Wilko ^a,b   Brunke, Shelby ^a,c   Ermert, Helmut ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECKLE; TISSUE;

CONTRAST AGENTS; PERFUSION IMAGING; REPLENISHMENT ANALYSES; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE METHODS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PERFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 43349097016     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.716     Document Type: Article

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