In vivo comparison of three ultrasound vector velocity techniques to MR phase contrast angiography

Ultrasonics

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 659-667

  Hansen, K L ^a   Udesen, J ^b   Oddershede, N ^b   Henze, L ^c   Thomsen, C ^a   Jensen, J A ^c   Nielsen, M B ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b GN Resound   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Directional beamforming; MR phase contrast angiography; Synthetic aperture flow imaging; Transverse oscillation; Vector estimation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; DIRECTIONAL BEAMFORMING; MR PHASE CONTRAST ANGIOGRAPHY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE FLOW IMAGING; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATION; VECTOR ESTIMATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ANGIOGRAPHY; BEAMFORMING; BLOOD; ESTIMATION; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LAMINAR FLOW; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; STORM SEWERS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES; ULTRASONICS; VECTORS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449093365     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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