Real-time vector velocity profile measurement based on plane wave transmission

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 338-341

  Bassi, L ^a   Ricci, S ^a   Tortoli, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood velocity measurement; Doppler angle ambiguity; Plane Waves; Vector Multigate Doppler

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; DIRECTION MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER ANGLE AMBIGUITY; MULTIGATE DOPPLER; PLANE WAVE; PLANE-WAVE TRANSMISSION; REGION OF INTEREST; STANDARD DEVIATION;

BLOOD; ELASTIC WAVES; ESTIMATION; LAMINAR FLOW; PROBES; VECTORS; VELOCITY;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 84882433312     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2012.0083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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