1. First results of a clinical study with 3D ultrasound computer tomography
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W. A. Kaiser, Hartmut Gemmeke, Nicole V. Ruiter, Robin Dapp, Michael Zapf, and Torsten Hopp
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Protocol (science) ,Image fusion ,medicine.medical_specialty ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Iterative reconstruction ,Ultrasonic imaging ,Clinical study ,Data acquisition ,medicine ,Mammography ,3D ultrasound ,Computer vision ,Medical physics ,Tomography ,Artificial intelligence ,business - Abstract
The KIT 3D USCT was tested in a pilot study on ten patients. The primary goals of the pilot study were to test the USCT device, the data acquisition protocols, the image reconstruction methods and the image fusion techniques in a clinical environment. The study was conducted successfully; the data acquisition could be carried out for all patients with an average imaging time of six minutes per breast. First reconstructions provide promising images. Overlaid volumes of the modalities show qualitative and quantitative information at a glance. The results led to further optimization of the system and the data acquisition protocol.
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- 2013
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