Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1217-1228 , July 2009

Detectability of Small Blood Vessels with High-Frequency Power Doppler and Selection of Wall Filter Cut-Off Velocity for Microvascular Imaging

  • Stephen Z. Pinter

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • James C. Lacefield

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Robarts Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: James C. Lacefield, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Western Ontario, 279 Thompson Engineering Building, London, Ontario, N6A 5B9 Canada.

Received 12 September 2008 ,Revised 9 January 2009 ,Accepted 24 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.01.010

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 35, Issue 7 , Pages 1217-1228 , July 2009

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