Transit time flow measurement: Experimental validation and comparison of three different systems

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 212-217

  Beldi, Guido ^a   Bosshard, Andreas ^a   Hess, Otto M ^a   Althaus, Ulrich ^a   Walpoth, Beat H ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; FLOWMETER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULAR SURGERY;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDIES; LINEAR MODELS; RHEOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033916348     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01246-7     Document Type: Article

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