Detection of Doppler embolic signals: Psychoacoustic considerations

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1177-1184

  Chung, Emma ^a   Fan, Lingke ^a   Degg, Chris ^a   Evans, David H ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Emboli; TCD

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RELIABILITY; ULTRASONICS;

DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; EMBOLI; SIGNAL PARAMETERS; TCD;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUND INTENSITY;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 24944537059     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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