Assessment of numerical simulation strategies for ultrasonic color blood flow imaging, based on a computer and experimental model of the carotid artery

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2188-2199

  Swillens, Abigail ^a   De Schryver, Thomas ^a   Løvstakken, Lasse ^b   Torp, Hans ^b   Segers, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; CFD; Color flow imaging; Experimental; Numerical; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; CFD; COLOR FLOW IMAGING; EXPERIMENTAL; NUMERICAL; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD; COLOR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW SIMULATION; IMAGE CODING; SIMULATORS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 70349690005     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-009-9777-z     Document Type: Article

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