Ultrasonic image analysis and imageguided interventions

Interface Focus

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 673-685

  Alison Noble, J ^a   Navab, Nassir ^b   Becher, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fusion echocardiography; Image analysis; Image guided interventions; Quantitative ultrasound; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860901716     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0025     Document Type: Review

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