Signals from dual gated TCD systems: Curious observations and possible explanations

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-24

  Smith, Julia L ^a,b   Evans, David H ^a   Naylor, A Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler shift velocity; Embolism; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; CALCULATIONS; DOPPLER EFFECT; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

DOPPLER SHIFT VELOCITY; EMBOLISM; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0031046934     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00188-3     Document Type: Article

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