Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 991-1009 , July 2007

Freehand 3D Ultrasound Reconstruction Algorithms—A Review

  • Ole Vegard Solberg

      Affiliations

    • SINTEF Health Research; Medical Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • National Center for 3D Ultrasound in Surgery, Trondheim, Norway
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Medicine; Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Ole Vegard Solberg, SINTEF Health Research, Medical Technology, 7465 Trondheim, Norway.
    • ,
  • Frank Lindseth

      Affiliations

    • SINTEF Health Research; Medical Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • National Center for 3D Ultrasound in Surgery, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Hans Torp

      Affiliations

    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Medicine; Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Richard E. Blake

      Affiliations

    • NTNU, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering; Department of Computer and Information Science, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Toril A. Nagelhus Hernes

      Affiliations

    • SINTEF Health Research; Medical Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • National Center for 3D Ultrasound in Surgery, Trondheim, Norway
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Medicine; Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Trondheim, Norway

Received 21 July 2006 ,Revised 31 January 2007 ,Accepted 25 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.02.015

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Volume 33, Issue 7 , Pages 991-1009 , July 2007

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