• DocumentCode
    1218930
  • Title

    Angle Independent Ultrasonic Detection of Blood Flow

  • Author

    Trahey, Gregg E. ; Allison, John W. ; Von Ramm, Olaf T.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    965
  • Lastpage
    967
  • Abstract
    We present a new technique for blood velocity imaging based on tracking the motion of the speckle pattern produced by blood. Unlike Doppler velocity determinations, these are angle independent. Initial in vivo experiments yield promising results.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical engineering; Biomedical imaging; Blood flow; Humans; In vivo; Speckle; Tomography; Tracking; Ultrasonic imaging; Veins; Biomedical Engineering; Blood Flow Velocity; Humans; Rheology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1987.325938
  • Filename
    4122484