A framework for human spine imaging using a freehand 3D ultrasound system

Technology and Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-17

  Purnama, Ketut E ^a,b   Wilkinson, Michael H F ^c   Veldhuizen, Albert G ^b   Van Ooijen, Peter M A ^b   Lubbers, Jaap ^b   Burgerhof, Johannes G M ^b   Sardjono, Tri A ^a,b   Verkerke, Gijbertus J ^b,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Indonesia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bin filling; Freehand 3D ultrasound system; Hole filling; Human spine; Scoliosis; Ultrasound image acquisition; Volume segment alignment; Volume segment compounding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; SPINE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SPINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77949502422     PISSN: 09287329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/THC-2010-0565     Document Type: Article

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