The effect of including fiber orientation in simulated 3D ultrasound images of the heart

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1991-1994

  Hergum, Torbjørn ^a   Crosby, Jonas ^a   Langhammer, Marit Jordet ^a   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL; BEAM DIRECTION; CONVOLUTION APPROACH; FIBER DIRECTION; FIBER ORIENTATIONS; HEART MUSCLES; IMAGE ANISOTROPIES; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; K-SPACE; MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE FIBER ORIENTATIONS; SIMULATED IMAGES; SPECKLE PATTERNS; ULTRASONIC BEAMS; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND SIMULATION;

FIBERS; MUSCLE; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 60249100954     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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