Single-pulse tissue doppler using synthetic transmit beams

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2134-2144

  Bjåstad, Tore ^a   Torp, Hans ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-FRAMES; B-MODE DATA; BIAS AND VARIANCE; BIAS COMPENSATION; ESTIMATION METHODS; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HIGH FRAME RATE; LEFT VENTRICLES; MYOCARDIAL FUNCTION; NOVEL METHODS; NYQUIST; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SINGLE-PULSE; SYNTHETIC TRANSMIT BEAMS; TISSUE DOPPLER; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; VELOCITY LIMIT;

BLOOD VESSELS; VELOCITY;

INTERCHANGES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 72749118776     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1296     Document Type: Article

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