Three-dimensional Reconstruction of Fine Vascularity in Ultrasound Breast Imaging Using Contrast-enhanced Spatial Compounding. In Vitro Analyses

Academic Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1155-1164

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

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Zentrum für medizinische Bildgebung Ruhr   (Germany)

Author keywords

contrast agent; echo tomography; female breast; Sonography; subtraction angiography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL PROBE; NOISE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VASCULARIZATION;

ARTIFACTS; BREAST; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 48649090128     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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