Interframe Clutter Filtering for High Frequency Flow Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 591-600

  Needles, Andrew ^a   Goertz, David E ^b   Cheung, Alison M ^a   Foster, F Stuart ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clutter filtering; Color flow; Flow imaging; High frequency ultrasound; Microcirculation; Power Doppler

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DOPPLER EFFECT; MICROCIRCULATION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

CLUTTER FILTERING; COLOR FLOW; FLOW IMAGING; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUNDS; POWER DOPPLERS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROCIRCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33947501051     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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