A Statistical Analysis of the Received Signal from Blood During Laminar Flow

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 185-198

  Ferrara, Katherine W ^a   Algazi, Ralph ^b  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

AUTOCORRELATION; BLOOD MIMICKING SUBSTANCES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0028396589     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.279131     Document Type: Article

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