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ITKUltrasound
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Purpose
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This module contains filters for use with the `Insight Toolkit`_ (ITK) that
image formation and analysis of ultrasound images.

.. _Insight Toolkit: http://www.itk.org/

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ITKUltrasound
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Purpose
=======

This module contains filters for use with the `Insight Toolkit
<https://itk.org/> (ITK)`_ that image formation and analysis of ultrasound
images.

Python Packages
===============

Python packages are available for Linux and macOS. Install with::

  python -m pip install --upgrade pip
  python -m pip install itk-ultrasound

References
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McCormick, M. An Open Source, Fast Ultrasound B-Mode Implementation for
Commodity Hardware. Insight Journal. 2010 January-June. URL:
http://hdl.handle.net/10380/3159

McCormick, M, Rubert, N and Varghese, T. Bayesian Regularization Applied to
Ultrasound Strain Imaging.  IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
58 (6):1612-1620.  2011. PCMCID: PMC3092822.
https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2011.2106500
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3092822/

Aylward, S. R., McCormick, M. M., Kang H. J., Razzaque, S., R. Kwitt,
R., and M. Niethammer. Ultrasound spectroscopy. 2016 IEEE International
Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2016 - Proceedings.
Prague, Czech Republic. 1013-1016. 2016.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISBI.2016.7493437
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/6bcd/1e7adbc24e15c928a7ad5af77bbd5da29c30.pdf

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