Ultrasound doppler measurements of low velocity blood flow: limitations due to clutter signals from vibrating muscles

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 873-881

  Heimdal, Andreas ^a   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); HEMODYNAMICS; MUSCLE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

PULSED WAVE (PW) DOPPLER;

ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

EID: 0031191840     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.655202     Document Type: Article

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