Sizing emboli in blood using pulse Doppler ultrasound - I: Verification of the EBR model

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 572-580

  Moehring, Mark A ^a,b   Ritcey, James A ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Institute of Applied Physiology and Medicine   (United States)

^c University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBOLI; EMBOLUS SIZE; EMBOLUS TO BLOOD RATIO; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; PULSE DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND BACKSCATTERING;

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; AERODYNAMICS; ATTENUATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; GELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; POLYSTYRENES; ULTRASONIC REFLECTION; ULTRASONIC REFRACTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBOLISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THEORY;

CALIBRATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030175974     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.495276     Document Type: Article

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