The derivation of theoretical ultrasonic Doppler blood flow spectrum

Journal of Medical Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 301-313

  Güler, Nihal Fatma ^a   Ozer, Saban ^b  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Doppler spectrum; Pulsatile flow; Steady flow; Ultrasonic; Velocity profile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; THEORY;

ALGORITHMS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; BLOOD CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PULSATILE FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0031792458     PISSN: 01485598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020573926616     Document Type: Article

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