Implementation of a versatile research data acquisition system using a commercially available medical ultrasound scanner

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1487-1499

  Hemmsen, Martin Christian ^a,b   Nikolov, Svetoslav Ivanov ^a   Pedersen, Mads Møller ^c   Pihl, Michael Johannes ^b   Enevoldsen, Marie Sand ^b   Hansen, Jens Munk ^b   Jensen, Jørgen Arendt ^b  

^a BK Medical   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ANEURYSMS; BEAM ANGLE; BEAMFORMATION; BLOOD VELOCITY ESTIMATION; CAMERA LINKS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; CONTROL PARAMETERS; CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS; DOPPLER; FLEXIBLE MANIPULATIONS; FOCAL DEPTH; FULL CONTROL; HIGH QUALITY IMAGES; IDENTICAL IMAGES; IMAGE PLANE; IMAGING DEVICE; IMAGING PARAMETERS; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; MULTIPLE DATA TYPES; OPEN ARCHITECTURE; REFERENCE DATA; REGION OF INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST; RESEARCH DATA; RF DATA; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOLKIT; SYSTEM USE; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; WAVE FORMS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; RESEARCH; ULTRASONICS;

SCANNING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84863705764     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2349     Document Type: Article

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