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In this paper we investigate the use of spatial compounding to reduce speckle in 3-D ultrasound. 3-D voxel arrays are reconstructed by compounding a large number of overlapping B-scans. The reconstruction algorithm uses a novel landmark-based registration technique to accurately register each B-scan as it is inserted into the voxel array. In a series of in-vitro and in-vivo trials, we demonstrate that 3-D spatial compounding is very effective for improving the signal to noise ratio, but correction of registration errors is essential.
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Rohling, R., Gee, A., Berman, L. (1997). Spatial compounding of 3-D ultrasound images. In: Duncan, J., Gindi, G. (eds) Information Processing in Medical Imaging. IPMI 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1230. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63046-5_53
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