Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1404-1415 , November 2008

Registration Strategies and Similarity Measures for Three-dimensional Ultrasound Mosaicing

  • Christian Wachinger, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), TUM, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: C.W.
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Wein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ
    • ,
  • Nassir Navab, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Computer Aided Medical Procedures (CAMP), TUM, Boltzmannstr. 3, 85748 Garching b. München, Germany

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1 This research was partially funded by an academic grant from Siemens Medical Solutions, Germany.

PII: S1076-6332(08)00405-4

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.07.004

Academic Radiology
Volume 15, Issue 11 , Pages 1404-1415 , November 2008

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