Resolution assessment of a 3D ultrasound computer tomograph using ellipsoidal backprojection

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages 1979-1982

  Schwarzenberg, G F ^a   Stotzka, R ^a   Zapf, M ^a   Gemmeke, H ^a   Ruiter, N V ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3-D IMAGE; 3-D ULTRASOUND; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHS; EARLY BREAST CANCER; ELLIPSOIDAL BACKPROJECTION; FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE; LONG-TERM GOALS; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTIONS; REAL TIME; SLICE IMAGE; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 78649353420     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2006.506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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