Estimation of the angle between ultrasound beam and blood velocity through correlation functions

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 864-869

  Dotti, Domenico ^a   Lombardi, Remo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; CORRELATION METHODS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PROBES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

LONGITUDINAL BLOOD VELOCITY PROFILE;

HEMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030244154     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.535488     Document Type: Article

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