Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 507-517 , April 2002

Ultrasound-based vessel wall tracking: an auto-correlation technique with RF center frequency estimation

  • Stein Inge Rabben

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Dr. Stein I. Rabben, Institute for Surgical Research, National Hospital, 0027 Oslo, Norway
    • Institute for Surgical Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Steinar Bjærum

      Affiliations

    • GE Vingmed Ultrasound, Horten, Norway
    • ,
  • Vidar Sørhus

      Affiliations

    • SimSurgery and Interventional Center, National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Hans Torp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Received 17 January 2000 ,Accepted 16 January 2002.

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Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 507-517 , April 2002

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