Ultrasound 3-dimensional image processing using power Doppler image

Author

Hashimoto ; Shen ; Takeuchi ; Yoshitome

Author_Institution

GE Yokogawa Med. Syst. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

7-10 Nov 1995

Firstpage

1423

Abstract

A new ultrasound three dimensional (3D) reconstruction method is presented. It can show blood flow geometry (one promising application of 3D techniques). For this purpose, the authors adopt power Doppler ultrasound images of vascular flow because power Doppler has slow speed detectability and much less angle dependence. Here, the authors introduce this 3D processing method for ultrasonic diagnostic images. Furthermore, they propose an endoscopic view image. This power Doppler based endoscopic view image can display interior views of flow in arterial branches, curved vessels and so on

Keywords

Doppler measurement; biomedical ultrasonics; blood flow measurement; image reconstruction; medical image processing; 3D processing method; angle dependence; arterial branches; blood vessel interior views; curved vessels; endoscopic view image; medical diagnostic imaging; power Doppler image; ultrasound 3-dimensional image processing; ultrasound diagnosis image; Biomedical imaging; Blood flow; Data acquisition; Displays; Image processing; Image reconstruction; Rendering (computer graphics); Sun; Surface reconstruction; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultrasonics Symposium, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1051-0117

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2940-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ULTSYM.1995.495822

Filename

495822