Intrinsic spectral broadening (ISB) in ultrasound Doppler as a combination of transit time and local geometrical broadening

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 853-862

  Guidi, Gabriele ^a   Licciardello, Cinzia ^a   Falteri, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler artefacts; Geometrical broadening; Intrinsic spectral broadening; Transit time; Ultrasound Doppler; Vector Doppler

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

DOPPLER ARTEFACTS; GEOMETRICAL BROADENING; INTRINSIC SPECTRAL BROADENING; TRANSIT TIME;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRUM; TRANSDUCER; ULTRASOUND;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0034209776     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(00)00218-0     Document Type: Article

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