On Ultrasonic MTI Measurement of Velocity Profiles in Blood-Flow

Abstract

A theoretical analysis of Doppler frequency estimators proposed to be used in ultrasonic MTI measurements of velocity profiles in blood flow, is given. The estimators give an output in form of a single analogue voltage and the relation of the output to the Doppler spectrum is discussed. Three new estimators are also proposed. All estimators work fairly well for narrow-band Doppler spectra, but errors are found when broad-band spectra are present.

Keywords

• Ultrasound
• doppler effect
• blood flow