Evaluation of a 1 MHz transducer for transcranial doppler ultrasound including embolic signal detection

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 795-800

  Cullinane, Marisa ^a   Markus, Hugh S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic window; Embolic signal; Frequency; Transcranial Doppler ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOPPLER EFFECT; SIGNAL DETECTION; VELOCITY;

EMBOLIC SIGNALS;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EMBOLISM; EVALUATION; FREQUENCY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TIME; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY;

ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0034966528     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00369-6     Document Type: Article

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