Comparison of Freehand 3-D Ultrasound Calibration Techniques Using a Stylus

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1610-1621

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Freehand three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

3-D ULTRASOUND; BEAM WIDTHS; CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; CAMBRIDGE; FREEHAND THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; POINT RECONSTRUCTION; POSITION SENSORS; PROBE CALIBRATION; RIGID-BODY TRANSFORMATIONS;

CALIBRATION;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STYLUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 52049125245     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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