Determining the peak velocity in a blood flow from its Doppler spectrum

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 276-279

  Vilkomerson, D ^a   Tortoli, P ^b   Ricci, S ^b  

^a DVX llc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Doppler spectrum; Maximum velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; BACK-SCATTERED; BLOOD CELLS; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL PARAMETERS; DOPPLER POWER SPECTRUM; DOPPLER SPECTRA; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; PEAK VELOCITIES; SAMPLE VOLUME; SCATTERER VELOCITY; STANDARD DEVIATION;

DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LAMINAR FLOW; POWER SPECTRUM; VELOCITY;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84868135294     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0066     Document Type: Conference Paper

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