Barker-coded ultrasound color flow imaging: Theoretical and practical design considerations

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-330

  Zhao, Heng ^a,b   Mo, Larry Y L ^a,b   Gao, Shangkai ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (China)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c ZONARE Medical Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR FLOW DATA PROCESSING; DEMODULATION FREQUENCY; DIRECT SEQUENCE ENCODING; PEAK SIDELOBE LEVEL (PSL); ULTRASOUND COLOR FLOW IMAGING;

COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DECODING; DEMODULATION; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE RESOLUTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847763743     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2007.246     Document Type: Article

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