Fast simulation of ultrasound images from a CT volume

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-186

  Dillenseger, Jean Louis ^a,b   Laguitton, Soizic ^a,b   Delabrousse, Éric ^a,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustical properties; Image guided surgery; Simulation; Ultrasound images; Ultrasound speckle

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL IMAGING; PROBES; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTICAL PROPERTIES; IMAGE GUIDED SURGERY; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND SPECKLE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; MECHANICAL PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SIMULATION; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

EID: 59649101561     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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