Phased-array vector velocity estimation using transverse oscillations

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2662-2675

  Pihl, Michael Johannes ^a   Marcher, Jonne ^a   Jensen, Jorgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CORRELATION VALUE; LARGER FIELDS; LINEAR ARRAYS; PEAK VELOCITIES; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PHASED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STEERING ANGLES; TRANSVERSE OSCILLATION; VELOCITY ESTIMATION;

ARRAY PROCESSING; ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICS; TRANSDUCERS;

VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84870996951     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2507     Document Type: Article

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