Title :
Cardiac image fusion
Author :
Sumanaweera, Thilaka S. ; Conwell, Barbara
Author_Institution :
Ultrasound Div., Siemens Med. Solutions, Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a method to enhance the image quality and the field of view of echocardiography by combining the data acquired through multiple windows to the heart using a commercial 1D transducer. The advantages are wider field of views and better border delineation. No external position sensing devices or specialized, and thus expensive, transducers are required.
Keywords :
biomedical transducers; echocardiography; image enhancement; ultrasonic transducers; border delineation; cardiac image fusion; commercial 1D transducer; echocardiography; field of view; image quality; Biomedical imaging; Echocardiography; Heart; Image fusion; Image quality; Optical imaging; Probes; Ribs; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Ultrasonics Symposium, 2002. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7582-3
DOI :
10.1109/ULTSYM.2002.1192640
