Effect of the Beam-Vessel Angle on the Received Acoustic Signal from Blood

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 416-428

  Ferrara, Katherine Whittaker ^a  

^a RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING; ALGORITHMS; CORRELATION METHODS; EFFECTS; ESTIMATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL; AXIAL VELOCITY; BEAM VESSEL ANGLE; CORRELATION MAGNITUDE; LATERAL BEAM WIDTH; LINE OF SIGHT; RADIO FREQUENCY; VELOCITY MAGNITUDE; VOLUME FLOW RATES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0029307169     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.384452     Document Type: Article

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