Rapid measurement of the spatial resolution of colour flow scanners

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 591-596

  Li, S ^a   Hoskins, P R ^a   McDicken, W N ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour velocity; Doppler ultrasound; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DOPPLER EFFECT; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

COLOR FLOW SCANNERS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0031009955     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00035-5     Document Type: Article

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