Doppler ultrasound

IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 31-40

  Routh, Helen F ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a Advanced Technology Laboratories   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e BIR Inc   (United States)

^f Advanced Technology Laboratories   (United States)

^g IEEE   (United States)

^h ATL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASOUND EXAMINATIONS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0030285474     PISSN: 07395175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/51.544510     Document Type: Review

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