Speckle tracking for multi-dimensional flow estimation

Ultrasonics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 369-375

  Bohs, L N ^a   Geiman, B J ^a   Anderson, M E ^a   Gebhart, S C ^b   Trahey, G E ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LAMINAR FLOW; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SPECKLE TRACKING METHOD;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0034152727     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00182-1     Document Type: Article

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