Statistical Variations of Ultrasound Signals Backscattered from Flowing Blood

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1943-1954

  Huang, Chih Chung ^a   Wang, Shyh Hau ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backscatter; Blood; Flow velocity; Hematocrit; Nakagami model

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED SIGNAL ENVELOPE; BLOOD COAGULATION; NAKAGAMI MODEL; STATISTICAL MODELS;

HEMODYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SIGNAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC SCATTERING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

BLOOD;

POLYMETHYLPENTENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; NAKAGAMI PARAMETER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORHEOLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SUS SCROFA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 36849073069     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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