Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 495-506 , April 2002

An in vitro system for Doppler ultrasound flow studies in the stenosed carotid artery bifurcation

  • Tamie L. Poepping

      Affiliations

    • The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • N. Nikolov

      Affiliations

    • The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • N. Rankin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Mark Lee

      Affiliations

    • The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • David W. Holdsworth

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D. W. Holdsworth, Imaging Research Laboratories, The John P. Robarts Research Institute, P.O. Box 5015, 100 Perth Drive, London, Ontario N6A 5K8 Canada
    • The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

Received 28 August 2001 ,Accepted 9 January 2002.

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Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 495-506 , April 2002

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