A laminar flow test object based on the draft IEC 61685 standard for quality assurance of ultrasound doppler equipment;Ein testobjekt fur die apparative qualitatssicherung bei ultraschalldoppler(duplex)-geraten, ausgehend vom normenentwurf IEC 61685

Ultraschall in der Medizin

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 248-257

  Kollmann, Christian ^a   Bezemer, R A ^b   Fredfeldt, K E ^c   Schaarschmidt, U G ^d   Teirlinck, C J P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c Dansk Fantom Service   (Denmark)

^d HELMUT SCHMIDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flow test object; Performance parameter; Quality assurance; Standardisation; Ultrasound Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; STANDARD;

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0033370750     PISSN: 01724614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-8918     Document Type: Article

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