Precision of needle tip localization using a receiver in the needle

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 479-482

  Nikolov, Svetoslav Ivanov ^a,b   Jensen, Jørgen Arendt ^b  

^a BK Medical   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CENTER OF MASS; CONVENTIONAL IMAGING; HIGH PRECISION; IN-FIELD; MEAN ERRORS; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; RECEIVED SIGNALS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TRANSDUCER ARRAY; TRANSDUCER ELEMENTS; ULTRASOUND RECEIVERS;

PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; SENSORS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

NEEDLES;

EID: 67649343152     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2008.0117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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