Transfer function analysis of ultrasonic time-intensity measurements

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1493-1500

  Li, Pai Chi ^a,b   Yang, Mei Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Contrast agent; Deconvolution; Time varying system; Transfer function; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; ULTRASONICS;

MICROBUBBLES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; MICROSPHERE;

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INDICATOR DILUTION CURVE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SIMULATION; SOUND INTENSITY; TIME; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0242270558     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(03)00968-2     Document Type: Article

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