A noninvasive method to estimate pulse wave velocity in arteries locally by means of ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1325-1335

  Brands, Peter J ^a   Willigers, Jean M ^a   Ledoux, Léon A F ^a   Reneman, Robert S ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytic signals; Cross correlation; Local distensibility; Pulse wave velocity; Signal processing; Spatial Doppler frequency; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BLOOD VESSELS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; VELOCITY;

CAROTID ARTERY; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; VESSEL WALL;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0032409973     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(98)00126-4     Document Type: Article

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