The assessment of microvascular flow and tissue perfusion using ultrasound imaging

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 273-290

  Sboros, V ^a   Tang, M X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microvascular flow; Tissue perfusion; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLEX RESPONSE; CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGES; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENCODING TECHNIQUES; FLOW KINETICS; IMAGING APPLICATIONS; IMPEDANCE MISMATCH; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVASCULAR; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; SPECTRAL FILTERING; TISSUE PERFUSION; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT; ULTRASOUND IMAGING; ULTRASOUND CONTRAST IMAGING;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASONICS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BLOOD VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCINTIGRAPHY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBUBBLES; MICROVESSELS; PERFUSION IMAGING; RHEOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 76849105363     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM621     Document Type: Article

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