Finite beam-width ray model for geometric spectral broadening

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-404

  Hoskins, P R ^a   Fish, P J ^b   Pye, S D ^a   Anderson, T ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Geometric spectral broadening; Ray model; String phantom

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; GEOMETRIC SPECTRAL BROADENING;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0033103807     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00180-X     Document Type: Article

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