A high-frequency continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound system for the detection of blood flow in the microcirculation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1191-1203

  Christopher, Donald A ^a   Burns, Peter N ^a   Armstrong, James ^b   Foster, F Stuart ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood velocity measurement; Continuous wave Doppler; Doppler ultrasound; Duplex Doppler; High frequency ultrasound; Microcirculation; UItrasonics

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CRYSTALS; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROCIRCULATION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

HIGH FREQUENCY CONTINUOUS WAVE DOPPLER ULTRASOUND SYSTEM;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; MICROCIRCULATION; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND TRANSMISSION;

ARTERIOLES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; HAND; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0030442931     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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