Hand-held, dynamic indentation system for measuring myocardial transverse stiffness

Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 517-525

  Blair, David M ^b   Halperin, Henry R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSORS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; STIFFNESS;

ARRHYTHMIA GENERATION; CARDIAC PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; CARDIOMYOPATHY PROGRESSION; DYNAMIC INDENTATION SYSTEM; MYOCARDIAL INFARCT EXPANSION; MYOCARDIAL TRANSVERSE STIFFNESS; REGIONAL WALL STRESS SENSOR;

CARDIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 0030293593     PISSN: 08998205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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