Effects of transducer, velocity, Doppler angle, and instrument settings on the accuracy of color Doppler ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 551-564

  Stewart, Sandy F C ^a  

^a Ctr Devices Radiological Hlth   (United States)

Author keywords

Color Doppler accuracy; Color Doppler ultrasound; Doppler ultrasound phantom

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; MOTORS; RUBBER PRODUCTS; TRANSDUCERS; VELOCITY;

ROTATING TORUS PHANTOM;

ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

RUBBER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER; TUBE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0035021086     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(01)00357-X     Document Type: Article

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