Flow Rate Profiler: An instrument to measure blood velocity profiles

Ultrasonics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 143-150

  Lombardi, R ^a   Danese, G ^a   Leporati, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; SHEAR STRESS; ULTRASONIC VELOCITY;

FLOW RATE PROFILER (FRP);

ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTATION;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 0034741343     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(00)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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