Evaluation of a low-cost liquid ultrasound test object for detection of transducer artefacts

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  King, Deirdre M ^a   Hangiandreou, Nicholas J ^a   Tradup, Donald J ^a   Stekel, Scott F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEFACT DETECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICES; EASE OF USE; FLEXIBLE SURFACES; IMAGE APPEARANCE; LOW COSTS; MINIMAL TRAINING; NONUNIFORMITY; OPERATOR DEPENDENCE; PHANTOM TESTS; SONOGRAPHERS; TEST OBJECT; TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOM; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS;

IMAGE QUALITY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

LIQUIDS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSDUCER;

ARTIFACTS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650054415     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/23/N01     Document Type: Article

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