A noninvasive method to estimate arterial impedance by means of assessment of local diameter change and the local center-line blood flow velocity using ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 895-905

  Brands, Peter J ^a   Hoeks, A P G ^a   Rutten, M C M ^b   Reneman, R S ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pulsed ultrasound; RF cross correlation; Signal processing; Vascular impedance; Vessel wall displacement

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; ESTIMATION; HEMODYNAMICS; MODELS; PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CENTER LINE BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY WAVEFORM; DISTENSION WAVEFORM; PRESSURE WAVEFORM; PULSED ULTRASOUND; RADIOFREQUENCY CROSS CORRELATION; VASCULAR IMPEDANCE; VESSEL WALL DISPLACEMENT; VOLUME FLOW WAVEFORM;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ARTERY; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0029739654     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-5629(96)00082-8     Document Type: Article

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