Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 541-548 , April 2007

Examples of In Vivo Blood Vector Velocity Estimation

  • Jesper Udesen

      Affiliations

    • Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, Ørsted·DTU, Bldg. 348, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
    • B-K Medical A/S, Herlev, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Jesper Udesen, Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, Oersted·DTU, Bldg 348, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
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  • Michael Bachmann Nielsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Section of Ultrasound, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
    • ,
  • Kristina Rue Nielsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Section of Ultrasound, Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
    • ,
  • Jorgen Arendt Jensen

      Affiliations

    • Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, Ørsted·DTU, Bldg. 348, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Received 6 December 2005 ,Revised 26 September 2006 ,Accepted 5 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.10.014

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 541-548 , April 2007

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