Validation of endoscopic ultrasound measured flow rate in the azygos vein using a flow phantom

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1957-1964

  Hoskins, Peter R ^a   Soldan, Monica ^b   Fortune, Steven ^a   Inglis, Scott ^b   Anderson, Tom ^a   Plevris, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azygos vein; Blood flow; Diameter; Doppler ultrasound; Endoscopic ultrasound; Flow rate; Geometric spectral broadening; Velocity

Indexed keywords

AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD FLOW; DIAMETER; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASOUNDS; SPECTRAL BROADENING;

BLOOD; ENDOSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ULTRASONIC EQUIPMENT; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASONIC TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AZYGOS VEIN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 77958168122     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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