Spectrogram analysis of arterial doppler signals for off-line automated hits detection

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 349-359

  Roy, Emmanuel ^a,b   Montrésor, Silvio ^a   Abraham, Pierre ^b   Saumet, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Detection; Doppler ultrasound; Embolism; Spectrogram

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; HIGH-INTENSITY TRANSIENT SIGNALS (HITS); SPECTROGRAMS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ARTERIES; EMBOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0344938044     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00173-2     Document Type: Article

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