Limits of uncertainty in measured values of embolus-to-blood ratios in dual-frequency TCD recordings due to nonidentical sample volume shapes

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-242

  Evans, David H ^a,b,c   Gittins, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beam shape; Doppler ultrasound; Dual frequency; Emboli; Measured embolus to blood ratio; TCD; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; DOPPLER EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SOUND RECORDING;

CEREBRAL EMBOLISATION; GASEOUS EMBOLI; SOLID EMBOLI; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER (TCD) ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; TEMPORAL BONE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

BLOOD; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL BONE; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 13644256046     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2004.10.007     Document Type: Article

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