Comparison of Doppler signal analysis techniques for velocity waveform, turbulence and vortex measurement: A simulation study

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 635-649

  Wang, Y ^a   Fish, Peter J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auto regressive; Choi Williams; Doppler ultrasound; Modified covariance; Nonstationary; Spectral analysis; Turbulence; Vortex; Wigner Ville

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; TURBULENCE; VORTEX FLOW; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AUTO REGRESSIVE; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; TURBULENT FLOW; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029979779     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00015-4     Document Type: Article

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