Automatic online embolus detection and artifact rejection with the first multifrequency transcranial Doppler

Stroke

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1969-1974

  Brucher, Rainer ^a   Russell, David ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carotid stenosis; Cerebral embolism; Mechanical heart valve protheses; Ultrasonography, Doppler

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUTOMATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION THEORY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARTIFACTS; CALIBRATION; CAROTID STENOSIS; EMBOLISM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0036327315     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000022811.46115.70     Document Type: Article

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