Detection of high intensity transient signals (HITS): How and why?

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Droste, Dirk W ^a   Ringelstein, E Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

High intensity transient signals; Prosthetic cardiac values; Stroke; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MICROEMBOLISM; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031961353     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(98)00010-X     Document Type: Article

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