High frequency B-mode ultrasound blood flow estimation in the microvasculature

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 466-469

  Vray, D ^a   Needles, A ^b   Yang, V X D ^c   Foster, F S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood flow; High frequency; Microcirculation; Small animal imaging; Speckle

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; HIGH-FREQUENCY; IMAGE INTENSITY; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; FREQUENCIES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MICROCIRCULATION; SPECKLE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 21644445330     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2004.1417763     Document Type: Conference Paper

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