Three-dimensional Ultrasound image segmentation methods are surveyed in this paper. The focus of this report is to investigate applications of these techniques and a review of the original ideas and concepts. Although many two-dimensional image segmentation in the literature have been considered as a threedimensional approach by mistake but we review them as a three-dimensional technique. We se...

The paper presents a ray tracing ultrasound imaging simulation method that accounts for the effects of reflection, scattering and attenuation. Two-dimensional echocardiograhpic images were synthesized using this method. Nonlinear effects introduced by the signal processing units in an ultrasound imaging system were also emulated. Threedimensional triangular facet mesh models were employed in re...

The role of imaging in female infertility has undergone a revolution over the past few decades .Sonography plays an integral role in the evaluation of gynecologic disease. It can determine the organ or site of abnormality and provide a diagnosis or short differential in the vast majority of patients. Both the transabdominal and transvaginal approaches are now well –established techniques for as...

This paper presents a realtime threedimensional surgical navigation system using Integral Videography (IV) with intra-operative ultrasound data acquisition for minimally invasive heart surgery. We used a trans-vaginal ultrasound transducer with volume data acquisition rate of 5 volumes/second. Experiments using a human hand as phantom showed that the online IV image frame rate is around 2 frame...

More recent technological breakthroughs in diagnostic ultrasound have surpassed all expectations. With these advances, clinicians now have the tools needed to contend with many significant diagnostic challenges. However, these new technologies are so numerous and have been introduced in such rapid succession that considerable confusion surrounds their operation and application. Indeed, with the...

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