Three-dimensional ultrasound imaging

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-223

  Prager, R W ^a   Ijaz, U Z ^a   Gee, A H ^a   Treece, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical applications; Medical imaging; Three dimensional ultrasound

Indexed keywords

3-D ULTRASOUND; 3D DATA; 3D PROBE; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; CLINICAL VALUE; FREEHAND 3D ULTRASOUND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND; THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING; TRANSDUCER ARRAY; ULTRASONIC MEDICAL IMAGING; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

ACOUSTIC WAVES; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL; MEDICAL IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 76849103847     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM586     Document Type: Article

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