New Method to Obtain Ultrasonic Angle Independent Doppler Color Images Using a Sector Transducer

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Fei, Ding Yu ^a   Fu, Cai Ting ^a  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

Angle independent; Doppler color imaging; Sector transducer; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0033087518     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1114/1.172     Document Type: Article

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