Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 65-76 , January 2003

MP3 compression of Doppler ultrasound signals

  • Tamie L. Poepping

      Affiliations

    • Dr. Poepping’s present address is: Medical Physics, University of Edinburgh, Chancellor’s Building, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh, EH16 4SA, UK.
    • The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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  • Jeremy Gill

      Affiliations

    • The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Aaron Fenster

      Affiliations

    • The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • David W. Holdsworth

      Affiliations

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

Received 6 February 2002 ,Accepted 11 September 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00696-8

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 65-76 , January 2003

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