Amplitude-coded colour Doppler sonography: Physical principles and technique

European Radiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 649-656

  Kollmann, Chr ^a   Turetschek, K ^b   Mostbeck, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Hospital of the Brothers of St John   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amplitude coded Colour Doppler; Colour Doppler sonography; Flow measurement; Power mode; US angiography; US technology

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0031616857     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050454     Document Type: Review

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