Effects of a sudden flow reduction on red blood cell rouleau formation and orientation using RF backscattered power

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 503-511

  Qin, Zhao ^a,b   Durand, Louis Gilles ^a,b   Allard, Louis ^a   Cloutier, Guy ^a,b  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

A mode; Acoustic backscattering; Biorheology; Kinetics of rouleau formation; Pulse echo; Red blood cell aggregation; Ultrasound radiofrequency backscattered power

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; CELLS; RHEOLOGY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

BIORHEOLOGY;

HEMODYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMORHEOLOGY; HORSES; KINETICS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0032076056     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00019-2     Document Type: Article

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