A real-time device for converting Doppler ultrasound audio signals into fluid flow velocity

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Herr, Michael D ^a   Hogeman, Cynthia S ^a   Koch, Dennis W ^a,b   Krishnan, Anandi ^a   Momen, Afsana ^a   Leuenberger, Urs A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog circuit; Audio signal processing; Flow measurement; Frequency conversion

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; CALIBRATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77951831529     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00713.2009     Document Type: Article

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