Investigation into the fusion of multiple 4-D fetal echocardiography images to improve image quality

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 957-966

  Gooding, Mark J ^a   Rajpoot, Kashif ^b   Mitchell, Salli ^c   Chamberlain, Paul ^a   Kennedy, Stephen H ^a   Noble, J Alison ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Fetal heart; Fusion; Image quality; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; FETAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FETAL HEART; FUSION; FUSION IMAGE; FUSION METHODS; LEFT VENTRICLES; SINGLE SCAN; VISUALISATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; IMAGE QUALITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS; VISUALIZATION;

IMAGE FUSION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOUR DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLUMETRY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ARTIFACTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETAL HEART; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77953564731     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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