Functional ultrasound imaging of the brain: Theory and basic principles

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 492-506

  Mace, Emilie ^a   Montaldo, Gabriel ^a   Osmanski, Bruno Felix ^a   Cohen, Ivan ^b   Fink, Mathias ^a   Tanter, Mickael ^a  

^a INSTITUT LANGEVIN   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED ECHOES; CEREBRAL BLOOD VOLUME(CBV); DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; HEMODYNAMIC CHANGES; HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSE; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; THEORETICAL MODELS;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FADING (RADIO); HEMODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

BRAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84874828441     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2013.2592     Document Type: Article

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