| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/N21062/01 |
| Title: |
HIGH RESOLUTION THREE-DIMENSIONAL ULTRASOUND |
| Principal Investigator: |
Prager, Professor R |
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| Department: |
Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Cambridge |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
25 September 2000 |
Ends: |
24 February 2004 |
Value (£): |
413,149
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Image & Vision Computing |
Instrumentation Eng. & Dev. |
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The Cambridge University 3D-ultrasound research group is a collaboration between the Engineering Department and the Department of Radiology based at Addenbrooke's hospital. The group have developed a state-of-the art tool for the acquisition and visualisation of 3D-ultraasound. Dynamic Imaging Ltd are leaders in the design and manufacture of high resolution 2D-diagnostic ultrasound machines. Drawing on this expertise, and informed by experiments in the clinical arena, the project will develop a 3D-ultrasound system with a resolution down to 0.5mm.The high resolution system will be constructed during the first year. The second year of the project will focus on development software tools for the clinical applications. In the third year, experiments will be performed to evaluate the system, both quantitatively, and in terms of potential benefit to patient management. In parallel with this, engineering work will be undertaken to explore ways of improving the system resolution.The project will result in two key contributions to the state-of-the-art: (a) in the past 3D-ultrasound systems have not produced data quality to match the best 2D-systems, this proposal will overcome this hurdle and (b) by using clinical experiments to guide the engineering research we will demonstrate the real clinical utility of the technology.
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http://www.cam.ac.uk |