Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 383-391 , March 2010

A New Visually Evoked Cerebral Blood Flow Response Analysis Using a Low-Frequency Estimation

  • Beatriz Rey

      Affiliations

    • Instituto en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Beatriz Rey, Instituto en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Camino Vera s/n, 46022 Valencia, Spain.
    • ,
  • Valery Naranjo

      Affiliations

    • Instituto en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Vera Parkhutik

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Service, Hospital Universitari La Fe, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • José Tembl

      Affiliations

    • Neurology Service, Hospital Universitari La Fe, Valencia, Spain
    • ,
  • Mariano Alcañiz

      Affiliations

    • Instituto en Bioingeniería y Tecnología Orientada al Ser Humano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Received 21 April 2009 ,Revised 25 October 2009 ,Accepted 3 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2009.11.001

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Volume 36, Issue 3 , Pages 383-391 , March 2010

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