Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 53-64 , January 2003

Doppler colour flow imaging and flow quantification with a novel forward-viewing intravascular ultrasound system

  • Loukianos Gatzoulis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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  • Kumar V. Ramnarine

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • ,
  • Stephen D. Pye

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • ,
  • Tom Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • ,
  • David E. Newby

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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  • Peter R. Hoskins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • ,
  • W.Norman McDicken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Professor W. Norman McDicken, Department of Medical Physics & Medical Engineering, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH3 9YW UK.

Received 2 February 2002 ,Accepted 11 September 2002.

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PII: S0301-5629(02)00699-3

doi: 10.1016/S0301-5629(02)00699-3

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 29, Issue 1 , Pages 53-64 , January 2003

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