Three-dimensional power Doppler imaging: A phantom study to quantify vessel stenosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1059-1069

  Guo, Zhenyu ^b   Fenster, Aaron ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Power Doppler imaging; Three dimensional imaging; Vessel stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; PULSATILE FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ARTERIAL STENOSIS; COMPUTER CONTROLLED MOTOR DRIVEN TRANSLATION ASSEMBLY; NONPULSATILE ANGIOGRAPHIC LIKE THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES; THREE DIMENSIONAL POWER DOPPLER IMAGING; VASCULAR AND TISSUE MIMICKING PHANTOMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030446218     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00125-1     Document Type: Article

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