Spectral and color Doppler sonographic applications of a new test object with adjustable moving target spacing

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 775-784

  Lange, Graham J ^a   Loupas, Thanasis ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Quality assurance; Sensitivity; Spatial resolution; Velocity calibration

Indexed keywords

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TAGGED IMAGE FILE FORMAT (TIFF); VELOCITY CALIBRATION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0030298132     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1996.15.11.775     Document Type: Article

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