Time-scale removal of "wall thump" in doppler ultrasound signals: A simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1187-1192

  Zhang, Yu ^a   Cardoso, Jose C ^b   Wang, Yuanyuan ^a   Fish, Peter J ^c   Bastos, Carlos A C ^d   Wang, Weiqi ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HIGH PASS FILTERS; SPECTROGRAPHS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARTERIAL WALLS; BASIC WAVELETS; FINITE ENERGY; LOW-FLOW SIGNALS;

ULTRASONICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 4644314841     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2004.1334852     Document Type: Article

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