An investigation of the relationship between ultrasound echo enhancement and doppler frequency shift using a pulsatile arterial flow phantom

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 225-235

  Petrick, Jörg ^a   Zomack, Michael ^a   Schlief, Reinhard ^a  

^a BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

attenuation; contrast media; Doppler spectra; echo enhancement; flow velocity; Utrasound

Indexed keywords

SHU 508;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0030983114     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199704000-00006     Document Type: Article

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