Three-dimensional ultrasound scanning

Interface Focus

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-519

  Fenster, Aaron ^a,b   Parraga, Grace ^a,b   Bax, Jeff ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Radiographic imaging; Three dimensional ultrasound scanning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860894781     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0019     Document Type: Review

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