Ultrasonic particle image velocimetry for improved flow gradient imaging: Algorithms, methodology and validation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2103-2120

  Niu, Lili ^a   Qian, Ming ^a   Wan, Kun ^b   Yu, Wentao ^a   Jin, Qiaofeng ^a   Ling, Tao ^a   Gao, Shen ^b   Zheng, Hairong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL FLOW; B-MODE IMAGES; CONVENTIONAL ALGORITHMS; DOPPLER; ECHO PIV; FLOW GRADIENTS; HIGH VELOCITY GRADIENTS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INTERPOLATION METHOD; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; LAMINAR PIPE FLOW; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PEAK VELOCITIES; QUALITY EVALUATION; SIMULATED IMAGES; SPURIOUS VECTORS; SUB PIXELS; VELOCITY VECTORS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW VISUALIZATION; LAMINAR FLOW; ROTATIONAL FLOW; ULTRASONICS; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FLOW KINETICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77949755615     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/7/020     Document Type: Article

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