FLASH correlation: a new method for 3-D ultrasound tissue motion tracking and blood velocity estimation

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 728-736

  Morsy, Ahmed A ^a   Von Ramm, Olaf T ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SPECKLE; STABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD VELOCITY; FEATURE LOCATION AND SHAPE CORRELATION; TISSUE MOTION TRACKING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0032633832     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.764859     Document Type: Article

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