Spectral analysing of portal vein Doppler signals in the cirrhosis patients

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1303-1307

  Içer, Semra ^a   Kara, Sadik ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Doppler signals; Portal vein; STFT

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER SIGNALS; POWER SPECTRAL DISTRIBUTION; SONOGRAMS; STFT;

DISEASES; DOPPLER EFFECT; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FUZZY SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 34447260976     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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