Feasibility of angle independent Doppler color imaging for in vivo application: Preliminary study on carotid arteries

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-67

  Fei, Ding Yu ^a   Liu, Danhui D ^a   Fu, Cai Ting ^a   Makhoul, Raymond G ^b   Fisher, M Ruth ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle independence; Carotid arteries; Carotid bifurcation; Doppler color imaging; Duplex scanning; In vivo study; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; CORRELATION METHODS; DOPPLER EFFECT; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; VORTEX FLOW;

ANGLE INDEPENDENCE; CAROTID BIFURCATION; COROTID ARTERIES; DOPPLER COLOR IMAGING; DUPLEX SCANNING; SYSTOLE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0031051594     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00182-2     Document Type: Article

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