An automated system for full angle spatial compounding in ultrasound breast imaging

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue , 2008, Pages 541-545

  Hansen, Christian ^a,b   Huttebrauker N ^a,b   Hollenhorst, M ^a,b   Schasse, A ^a   Heuser, L ^a,b   Schulte Altedorneburg, G ^a,b   Ermert, H ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Ruhr Center for Medical Imaging (ZMB Ruhr)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast Agent; Echo Tomography; Mamma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ASPECT ANGLES; AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMAGING; BREAST LESION; CONTRAST AGENT; ECHO TOMOGRAPHY; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; MAMMA; PERFUSION IMAGING; SPATIAL COMPOUNDING; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND DATA; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE QUALITY; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

EID: 70350630492     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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