Graphics processing unit-based high-frame-rate color doppler ultrasound processing

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1856-1860

  Chang, Li Wen ^a   Hsu, Ke Hsin ^a   Li, Pai Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; BLOOD FLOW; CLUTTER FILTERS; COLOR DOPPLER; COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL REQUIREMENTS; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; FRAME-RATE; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; LINEAR FILTERING; MEDIAN FILTERING; REAL TIME; SCAN LINE; SOFTWARE-BASED; THRESHOLDING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE CODING; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONICS;

COLOR;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 70350164032     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1261     Document Type: Letter

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