High-Frame-Rate Ultrasound Color-Encoded Speckle Imaging of Complex Flow Dynamics

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1015-1025

  Yiu, Billy Y S ^a   Yu, Alfred C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Color encoded velocity mapping; Complex flow analysis; Flow speckle visualization; High frame rate; Ultrasound flow imaging

Indexed keywords

DATA INTEGRATION; ELASTIC WAVES; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HEMODYNAMICS; SPECKLE; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

COMPLEX FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; FLOW ACCELERATION AND DECELERATIONS; FLOW IMAGING; HIGH FRAME RATE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; VELOCITY MAPPING; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

INLET FLOW;

ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DECELERATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; HIGH FRAME RATE ULTRASOUND COLOR ENCODED SPECKLE IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84877152890     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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