Detectability of Small Blood Vessels with High-Frequency Power Doppler and Selection of Wall Filter Cut-Off Velocity for Microvascular Imaging

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1217-1228

  Pinter, Stephen Z ^a,b   Lacefield, James C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Flow phantom; High frequency ultrasound; Power Doppler; ROC analysis; Vascularity metrics

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS; FLOW PHANTOM; HIGH-FREQUENCY ULTRASOUND; POWER DOPPLER; ROC ANALYSIS; VASCULARITY METRICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; COLOR; DOPPLER EFFECT; FLOW VELOCITY; METRIC SYSTEM; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; PIXELS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROVESSELS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ROC CURVE; TESTIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 67649185290     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.01.010     Document Type: Article

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