Effect of Velocity Profile Skewing on Blood Velocity and Volume Flow Waveforms Derived From Maximum Doppler Spectral Velocity

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 870-881

  Mynard, Jonathan P ^a   Steinman, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Doppler ultrasound; Peak systolic velocity; Pulsatility index; Resistance index; Volume flow calculation; Waveform

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; ERRORS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITIES; PULSATILITY INDEX; RESISTANCE INDEX; VOLUME FLOW; WAVE FORMS;

VELOCITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RADIOFREQUENCY; SYSTOLE; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84875806019     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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