Quantification of Embolic Showers Using Radio-Frequency Based TCD Analysis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-402

  Lipperts, M G A ^a   Sauren, L D C ^a   Maessen, J G ^a   Hoeks, A P G ^a   Mess, W H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Embolus detection; Golden standard; RF signal; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATIONS; AUTOMATIC DETECTION ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC SURGERIES; DOPPLER; DOPPLER DEVICES; DOPPLER METHODS; EMBOLUS DETECTION; GOLDEN STANDARD; HIGH-TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; MICROEMBOLI; MICROEMBOLIC SIGNALS; MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES; ORDER OF MAGNITUDES; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATIONS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF SIGNAL; STANDARD ADDITIONS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATIONS; TRAINING SETS; TRANSCRANIAL; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

BLOOD VESSELS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURGERY;

STANDARDS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HISTOGRAM; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROEMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURGICAL RISK;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 60249102574     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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