A computer simulation model for Doppler ultrasound signals from pulsatile blood flow in stenosed vessels

Computers in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 906-914

  Gao, Lian ^a   Zhang, Yufeng ^a   Zhang, Kexin ^b   Cai, Guanghui ^a   Zhang, Junhua ^a   Shi, Xinling ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer simulation model; Doppler ultrasound signal; Pulsatile flow; Stenosed vessel

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FACTORS; CARDIAC CYCLES; CIRCULAR TUBES; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; DOPPLER BLOOD FLOW SIGNALS; DOPPLER SIGNALS; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND SIGNALS; ELEMENTAL VOLUME; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITIES (PSD); PULSATILE BLOOD FLOW; SAMPLE VOLUME; STENOSED VESSEL; VELOCITY FIELD;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; VELOCITY; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

PULSATILE FLOW;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VISCOSITY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART CYCLE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETRY; STENOSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARTERIES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 84865534657     PISSN: 00104825     EISSN: 18790534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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