Ultrasound backscattering from non-aggregating and aggregating erythrocytes - A review

Biorheology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 443-470

  Cloutier, Guy ^a   Qin, Zhao ^b  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic backscattering; Blood echogenicity; Power Doppler ultrasound; Red blood cell aggregation; Spontaneous echo contrast; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; LAMINAR FLOW; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PULSATILE FLOW; REVIEW; SHEAR RATE; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRASOUND; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE;

BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 0031263394     PISSN: 0006355X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/bir-1997-34607     Document Type: Review

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