A real-time 2-D vector doppler system for clinical experimentation

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1515-1524

  Pastorelli, A ^a   Torricelli, G ^a   Scabia, M ^a   Biagi, E ^a   Masotti, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical environment; Doppler measurements; Real time systems; Two dimensional (2 D); Vector Doppler

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CODING; GOLD; SCANNING; STANDARDS;

AREA OF INTEREST; B-MODE IMAGING; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; D VECTOR; DOPPLER; DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS; DOPPLER SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; GOLD STANDARDS; IN-VIVO; LINEAR ARRAYS; REAL-TIME HARDWARE; REAL-TIME SYSTEMS; SCANNING TECHNIQUES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2-D); VECTOR DOPPLER;

VECTORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 52649105486     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.927337     Document Type: Article

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