3D ultrasound computer tomography: Results with a clinical breast phantom

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 989-992

  Ruiter, N V ^a   Schwarzenberg, G F ^a   Zapf, M ^a   Liu, R ^a   Stotzka, R ^a   Gemmeke, H ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D IMAGING; 3D ULTRASOUND COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIES; BREAST PHANTOM; EARLY BREAST CANCER; HIGH IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING METHOD; LONG-TERM GOALS; SUB-MILLIMETER RESOLUTIONS; ULTRASOUND COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUME IMAGE;

IMAGE QUALITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 64949190582     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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