In vivo doppler ultrasound quantification of turbulence intensity using a high-pass frequency filter method

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 761-771

  Thorne, Meghan L ^a,b   Rankin, Richard N ^b   Steinman, David A ^c   Holdsworth, David W ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Butterworth; Carotid artery disease; Coherent fluctuation; Doppler ultrasound; High pass frequency filter; In vivo; Incoherent fluctuation; MP3 recorder; Spectral analysis; Turbulence intensity

Indexed keywords

BUTTERWORTH; CAROTID ARTERY; COHERENT FLUCTUATION; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; FREQUENCY FILTERS; HIGH-PASS; IN-VIVO; INCOHERENT FLUCTUATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; IIR FILTERS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TURBULENCE; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONICS;

HIGH PASS FILTERS;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FILTRATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 77952322042     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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