A Doppler ultrasound clutter phantom

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 747-766

  Rickey, Daniel W ^a,b,d   Fenster, Aaron ^a,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Medical Physics Department Manitoba Cancer Treatm Res F   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clutter; Doppler sensitivity; Doppler ultrasound; Doppler ultrasound evaluation; Quality assurance; Wall filter

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ACOUSTIC BEAM SPLITTER; CLUTTER BELT VELOCITY; CLUTTER TO FLOW POWER RATIO; COLOUR DOPPLER SHIFTS; DOPPLER SIGNAL STRENGTHS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND CLUTTER PHANTOM; DUAL BELT PHANTOM; MOTOR DRIVEN CLUTTER BELT; VASCULAR PHANTOM; WALL FILTERS;

ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029847281     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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