Comparison of carotid artery blood velocity measurements by vector and standard doppler approaches

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1354-1362,

  Tortoli, Piero ^a   Lenge, Matteo ^a,b   Righi, Daniele ^c   Ciuti, Gabriele ^c   Liebgott, Hervé ^b   Ricci, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angle independent; Blood velocity estimation; Carotid artery hemodynamics; Real time velocity measurement; Spectral doppler; Vector doppler

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HEMODYNAMICS; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ANGLE-INDEPENDENT; BLOOD VELOCITY ESTIMATION; CAROTID ARTERY; DOPPLER; REAL TIME; VECTOR DOPPLER;

VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER DEVICE; FLOW RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLE; VECTOR DOPPLER METHOD; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID STENOSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84927575977     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: 1879291X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2015.01.008     Document Type: Article

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