A comparison of the imaging performance of high resolution ultrasound scanners for preclinical imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-501

  Moran, Carmel M ^a   Pye, Stephen D ^b   Ellis, William ^b   Janeczko, Anna ^b   Morris, Keith D ^c   McNeilly, Alan S ^c   Fraser, Hamish M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Edinburgh Pipe Phantom; High resolution ultrasound; Preclinical; Resolution integral

Indexed keywords

DEPTH OF FIELD; DYNAMIC IMAGING; EDINBURGH PIPE PHANTOM; HIGH RESOLUTION ULTRASOUND; IMAGING DEPTH; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; IMAGING SCANNERS; IN-VIVO; PHILIPS; PRECLINICAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RESOLUTION INTEGRAL; SEATTLE; TORONTO , CANADA; ULTRASOUND IMAGES; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS;

PIPE; RATING; SCANNING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALLITHRIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATERIALS TESTING; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 79851516314     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.11.010     Document Type: Article

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