3D ultrasound computer tomography for medical imaging
Abstract
Our 3D ultrasound computer tomograph (USCT) is an device method aimed at early breast cancer diagnosis. It is capable of producing images with sub-millimeter resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio. This method is universally useable for the 3D analysis of sufficient small bodies similar to the size of a breast, which may be immersed in a liquid coupling medium. In this paper, an overview of the developed method and the first results for static test examples (phantoms) and the perspective of our 3D-USCT at Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe are presented.
- Publication:
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Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A
- Pub Date:
- October 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.116
- Bibcode:
- 2007NIMPA.580.1057G
- Keywords:
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- 81.70.Tx;
- 87.57.Ra;
- 87.62.+n;
- 87.63.Df;
- Computed tomography;
- Computer-aided diagnosis;
- Medical imaging equipment;
- Ultrasonography