Non-Gaussian statistical property of the ultrasonic Doppler signal downstream of a severe stenosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Fontaine, Isabelle ^a   Cloutier, Guy ^a   Allard, Louis ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscattering; Blood flow; Coefficient of kurtosis; Erythrocytes; Statistics; Stenosis; Tissue characterization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

COEFFICIENT OF KURTOSIS; STENOSIS; ULTRASONIC RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENOSIS;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DOPPLER EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0031058512     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(96)00186-X     Document Type: Article

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