Evaluation of an automated real-time spectral analysis technique

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-73

  Rickey, D W ^a,b,d   Fenster, A ^a,c  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated waveform tracing; Doppler ultrasound; Waveform indices

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE REAL-TIME PEAK FREQUENCY TRACING ALGORITHM; WAVEFORM INDICES;

ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0030061028     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(95)02033-0     Document Type: Article

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