Fast GPU-based automatic time gain compensation for ultrasound imaging

2010 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering, iCBBE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Shi, Dan ^a   Fan, Zhengjuan ^a   Yin, Hao ^a   Liu, Dong C ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depth gain compensation; GPU; Parallel processing; Time gain control; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

DEPTH GAIN COMPENSATION; GPU; PARALLEL PROCESSING; TIME GAIN; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

BIOINFORMATICS; GAIN CONTROL; IMAGE QUALITY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; ULTRASONICS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 77956140679     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICBBE.2010.5516870     Document Type: Conference Paper

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