Hardware setup for the next generation of 3D Ultrasound Computer Tomography

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2449-2454

  Gemmeke, H ^a   Berger, L ^a   Birk, M ^a   Gobel, G ^a   Menshikov, A ^a   Tcherniakhovski, D ^a   Zapf, M ^a   Ruiter, N V ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D ULTRASOUND COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHIES; DATA PREPROCESSING; IMAGING MODALITY; IN-VIVO IMAGING; PROCESSING POWER; SECOND GENERATION; SUBWAVELENGTH RESOLUTION; ULTRASOUND COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA HANDLING; GAMMA RAYS; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTER HARDWARE;

EID: 79960300669     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2010.5874228     Document Type: Conference Paper

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