Ultrasound simulation of complex flow velocity fields based on computational fluid dynamics

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 546-556

  Swillens, Abigail ^a   Løvstakken, Lasse ^b   Kips, Jan ^a   Torp, Hans ^a,b   Segers, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; CAROTID BIFURCATIONS; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; COMPLEX FLOWS; COMPUTED FLOWS; DOPPLER SIGNALS; FLEXIBLE CONTROLS; FLOW BEHAVIORS; IMAGING ALGORITHMS; PARABOLIC VELOCITY PROFILES; PULSED-WAVE DOPPLER; SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND MODELS; ULTRASOUND SIMULATIONS; VELOCITY FIELDS; WALL MECHANICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW SIMULATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 65149095682     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1071     Document Type: Article

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