Mirror image artifacts of color Doppler images causing misinterpretation in carotid artery stenoses

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 683-686

  Arning, Christian ^a  

^a ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts, mirror image; Carotid artery; Color coded duplex sonography; Mirror image artifact; Stenosis, carotid artery

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

CAROTID ARTERY STENOSIS; COLOR-CODED DUPLEX SONOGRAPHY; MIRROR IMAGE ARTIFACTS;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0032213480     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1998.17.11.683     Document Type: Article

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