Characterization of blood flow turbulence with pulsed-wave and power doppler ultrasound imaging

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 318-325

  Cloutjer, Guy ^a   Allard, Louis ^a   Durand, LouJs Gilles ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; TURBULENCE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BLOOD FLOW; CALD RED CELLS; DOPPLER BACKSCATTERED POWER; DOPPLER INDEX; DOPPLER SPECTRAL BROADENING; HOT FILM ANEMOMETRY; RELATIVE DOPPLER VELOCITY FLUCTUATION; STENOSIS;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ANEMOMETRY; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CATTLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

ARTIFACTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DECELERATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0030221281     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2796013     Document Type: Article

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