Performance testing of medical echo/Doppler equipment

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 151-164

  Thijssen, J M ^a   Van Wijk, M C ^a   Cuypers, M H M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Doppler velocity measurement; Echography; Harmonic imaging; Performance testing; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DOPPLER EFFECT; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TESTING; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

DIGITIZED IMAGES;

ULTRASONICS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; EQUIPMENT; GEOMETRY; HISTORY; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS; TISSUE; VELOCITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER EFFECT; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0036806582     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(02)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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