An in vitro system for Doppler ultrasound flow studies in the stenosed carotid artery bifurcation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 495-506

  Poepping, Tamie L ^a   Nikolov, Hristo N ^a   Rankin, Richard N ^a   Lee, Mark ^a   Holdsworth, David W ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Carotid artery bifurcation; Doppler sample volume power response; Duplex ultrasound; In vitro; Spectral analysis; Spectral broadening index; Stenosis; Turbulence intensity

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; MEDICAL IMAGING;

HUMAN VASCULATURE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PUMP; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART CYCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; IN VITRO STUDY; PERFUSION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036281213     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00479-9     Document Type: Article

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