In vivo validation of a blood vector velocity estimator with MR angiography

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-100

  Hansen, Kristoffer L ^a   Udesen, Jesper ^b   Thomsen, Carsten ^a   Jensen, Jørgen A ^c   Nielsen, Michael B ^a  

^a University Hospital of Copenhagen ^*  (Denmark)

^b GN Resound   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BLOOD VELOCITIES; BLOOD VELOCITY ESTIMATIONS; DATA SETS; DOPPLER; DOPPLER METHODS; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENTS; INSONATION; MR ANGIOGRAPHIES; NOVEL METHODS; PHASE CONTRASTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCAN-PLANES; STROKE VOLUMES; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATIONS; TRANSVERSE VELOCITIES; ULTRASOUND BEAMS; VELOCITY COMPONENTS; VELOCITY ESTIMATORS;

VELOCITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STROKE VOLUME; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 60349100417     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1008     Document Type: Article

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