The effect of geometrical spectral broadening on the estimation of mean blood velocity using wide and narrow ultrasound beams

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 238-248

  Willink, Robin D ^b   Evans, David H ^a,b,c  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER SIGNAL; GEOMETRICAL SPECTRAL BROADENING; MEAN BLOOD VELOCITY; ULTRASOUND BEAMS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ERRORS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY;

ULTRASONICS;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 0030111043     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.486281     Document Type: Article

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