Time-averaged mean velocity for volumetric blood flow measurements: An in vitro model validation study using physiological femoral artery flow waveforms

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 577-582

  Walker, Richard D ^a   Smith, Roy E ^b   Sherriff, Susan B ^c   Wood, Richard F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam profile; Doppler; Flow model; Peripheral vascular disease; Volumetric flow measurements

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MICROCIRCULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGICAL FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW WAVEFORMS; VOLUMETRIC BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENTS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAVEFORM;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0032914768     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00010-1     Document Type: Article

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