Simulation and Validation of Arterial Ultrasound Imaging and Blood Flow

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 693-717

  Hoskins, Peter R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomical model; Artery; Blood mimicking fluid (BMF); Computational model; Doppler ultrasound; Electronic injection; Flow phantom; String phantom; Tissue mimicking material (TMM); Vessel mimic; Vibrating phantom; Wall phantom

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW OF FLUIDS; TISSUE CULTURE; ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD MIMICKING FLUID (BMF); COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; ELECTRONIC INJECTION; FLOW PHANTOM; STRING PHANTOM; TISSUE MIMICKING MATERIAL (TMM); VESSEL MIMIC; VIBRATING PHANTOM; WALL PHANTOM;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DISEASE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 42949088911     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.10.017     Document Type: Review

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