Accuracy and Reproducibility of a Novel Dynamic Volume Flow Measurement Method

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1903-1914

  Ricci, Stefano ^a   Cinthio, Magnus ^b   Ahlgren, Åsa Rydén ^c   Tortoli, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood volume flow; Diameter measurement; Multigate spectral Doppler; Quantitative flow assessment

Indexed keywords

FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

BLOOD VOLUMES; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIAMETER MEASUREMENT; DOPPLER; INSTANTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; QUANTITATIVE FLOW ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME FLOW; COEFFICIENT OF VARIABILITY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; DYNAMIC VOLUME FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE FLOW ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STEERING ANGLE; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VOLUNTEER;

BLOOD VOLUME FLOW; DIAMETER MEASUREMENT; MULTIGATE SPECTRAL DOPPLER; QUANTITATIVE FLOW ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VOLUME; BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84883457224     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.04.017     Document Type: Article

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