Design and implementation of high frequency ultrasound pulsed-wave doppler using FPGA

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2109-2111

  Hu, Chang Hong ^a,b   Zhou, Qifa ^a,b   Shung, K Kirk ^b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL DOMAINS; DIRECTIONAL DOPPLER; DOPPLER; DOPPLER PROCESSING; DOPPLER SPECTRUM; DOWN CONVERTERS; FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; FOURIER; HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; LOW-PASS FILTERING; RE-CONFIGURABLE; REAL-TIME PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND SIGNALS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DOPPLER EFFECT; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; ULTRASONICS;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LETTER; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 52649093878     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.904     Document Type: Article

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