A study of the spectral broadening of simulated Doppler signals using FFT and AR modelling

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1033-1045

  Keeton, P I J ^a   Schlindwein, F S ^a   Evans, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoregressive model; Carotid stenosis; Doppler ultrasound; Spectral analysis; Spectral broadening

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; SPECTRAL BROADENING INDEX (SBI);

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0030885278     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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