Blood flow imaging - A new angle-independent ultrasound modality for the visualization of flow in atrial septal defects in children

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 975-981

  Nyrnes, Siri Ann ^a   Løvstakken, Lasse ^b   Torp, Hans ^b   Haugen, Bjørn Olav ^b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Angle independent flow visualization; Atrial septal defect (ASD); Blood flow imaging (BFI); Color Doppler imaging (CDI); Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34748862987     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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