Flow quantification in valvular heart disease based on the integral of backscattered acoustic power using doppler ultrasound

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 307-329

  Buck, Thomas ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatiered acoustic power; Doppler ultrasound, flow quantification; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; PATIENT TREATMENT; TURBULENCE; VELOCITY;

BACKSCATTERED ACOUSTIC POWER; DOPPLER SPECTRUM; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; FLOW QUANTIFICATION; REGURGITANT FLOW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0034156755     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.838068     Document Type: Article

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