Current Time-Domain Methods for Assessing Tissue Motion by Analysis from Reflected Ultrasound Echoes—A Review

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 84-102

  Hein, I A ^a   O Brien, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

BLOOD MOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS; TISSUE MOTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0027559559     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.212556     Document Type: Article

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