Differentiation between true microembolic signals and artefacts using an arbitrary sample volume

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 493-496

  Georgiadis, D ^a   Uhlmann, F ^a   Lindner, A ^a   Zierz, S ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emboli; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; MEDICAL IMAGING;

MICROEMBOLI;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MICROEMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PARENCHYMA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ARTIFACTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0034115109     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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