Assessment of the distensibility of superficial arteries

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 121-128

  Hoeks, A P G ^a   Brands, P J ^a   Smeets, F A M ^a   Reneman, R S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distensibility; Instrumentation; Pulsed Doppler; Superficial artery

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEMS, DIGITAL--ON LINE OPERATION; DATA PROCESSING--MEDICAL INFORMATION; DOPPLER EFFECT--ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; ULTRASONICS--MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ARTERIAL DISTENSION WAVEFORMS; ARTERIAL WALL DISPLACEMENT; DOPPLER SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASONIC PULSED DOPPLER SYSTEMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMAN; MICROCOMPUTERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0025276689     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(90)90139-4     Document Type: Article

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