Implementation of a field programmable gate array based transcranial Doppler ultrasound system using pulse compression techniques

Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-58

  Gittins, John ^a   Cowe, Joanne ^a   Evans, David H ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial resolution; Chirp; Coded excitation; Field programmable gate array; TCD

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PULSE COMPRESSION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONICS;

AXIAL RESOLUTION; CODED TRANSDUCER EXCITATION; DOPPLER AUDIO SIGNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER (TCD);

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILTRATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GATED IMAGING; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAMPLING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION;

EID: 34248571275     PISSN: 17468094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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