Flow patterns in carotid bifurcation models using pulsed doppler ultrasound: Effect of concentric vs. eccentric stenosis on turbulence and recirculation

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1125-1134

  Poepping, Tamie L ^a   Rankin, Richard N ^a,b   Holdsworth, David W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carotid artery plaque; Carotid stenosis; Doppler; Particle imaging; Spectral broadening index; Turbulence; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID STENOSIS; DOPPLER; PARTICLE IMAGING; SPECTRAL BROADENING INDEX;

DIAGNOSIS; FLOW PATTERNS; HEMODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

TURBULENCE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TURBULENT FLOW;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 77955692935     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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