Cyclic Changes in Blood Echogenicity Under Pulsatile Flow Are Frequency Dependent

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 664-673

  Nguyen, Linh Chi ^a   Yu, François T H ^a   Cloutier, Guy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institute of Biomedical Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backscattering coefficient; Cyclic echogenicity variations; High frequency ultrasound; Pulsatile flow; Red blood cell aggregation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; BACKSCATTERING; BLOOD; CELLS; HEMODYNAMICS; PULSATILE FLOW; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BACKSCATTERING COEFFICIENTS; BLOOD ECHOGENICITY; COUETTE SYSTEMS; CYCLIC ECHOGENICITY VARIATIONS; RED BLOOD CELL AGGREGATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD ECHOGENICITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORHEOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SUS SCROFA; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 40949100386     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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