Multichannel Pulsed Doppler Signal Processing for Vascular Measurements in Mice

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2042-2054

  Reddy, Anilkumar K ^a,b   Madala, Sridhar ^c   Jones, Alan D ^c   Caro, Walter A ^c   Eberth, John F ^d   Pham, Thuy T ^a,b   Taffet, George E ^a,b   Hartley, Craig J ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Indus Instruments   (United States)

^d Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial wall motion; Doppler displacement; Mouse vascular mechanics; Multichannel high frequency pulsed Doppler; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL WALL; DOPPLER; DOPPLER DISPLACEMENT; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; MULTI-CHANNEL; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; VASCULAR MECHANICS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ACOUSTIC WAVES; MECHANICS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WALL FLOW;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; DISEASE MODEL; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCREENING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED;

EID: 71749090210     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.06.1096     Document Type: Article

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