Videodensitometric methods for cardiac output measurements

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2003, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 479-489

  Mischi, Massimo ^a   Kalker, Ton ^a   Korsten, Erik ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contrast agents; Local density random walk; Ultrasound; Videodensitometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD FLOW MEASUREMENT; CARDIAC OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; LOCAL DENSITY RANDOM WALK MODEL; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENTS; VIDEODENSITOMETRY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037851014     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1110865703211185     Document Type: Article

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