A review of Doppler ultrasound quality assurance protocols and test devices

Physica Medica

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 742-751

  Browne, Jacinta E ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Doppler test devices; Doppler ultrasound quality assurance; Flow phantoms; String phantoms and Doppler ultrasound performance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COLOR; COLOUR DOPPLER IMAGING QUALITY ASSURANCE TEST PROTOCOL; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DOPPLER TEST DEVICE; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND QUALITY ASSURANCE PROTOCOL; EVALUATION STUDY; GENERAL MEDICAL DEVICE; IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULSED WAVE SPECTRAL DOPPLER TEST PROTOCOL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VELOCITY; DEVICES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; ULTRASOUND;

HUMANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84908352301     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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