Validation of a new blood-mimicking fluid for use in Doppler flow test objects

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 451-459

  Ramnarine, Kumar V ^a   Nassiri, Dariush K ^b   Hoskins, Peter R ^a   Lubbers, Jaap ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood mimicking fluid; Doppler flow test objects; Doppler quality assurance; Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BLOOD; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLOW MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

BLOOD MIMICKING FLUID; DOPPLER FLOW TEST OBJECTS; DOPPLER QUALITY ASSURANCE; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

DEXTRAN; GLYCEROL; NYLON; POLYAMIDE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DENSITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIQUID; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0032033499     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00277-9     Document Type: Article

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