Assessment of local pulse wave velocity in arteries using 2D distension waveforms

Ultrasonic Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 199-215

  Meinders, Jan M ^a   Kornet, Lilian ^a   Brands, Peter J ^a   Hoeks, Arnold P G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Carotid artery; Distension waveform; Homogeneity; Pulse wave velocity; Reflections

Indexed keywords

PHANTOMS; REFLECTION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CAROTID ARTERY; HOMOGENEITY; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; WAVE FORMS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY;

ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PULSE WAVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0035739994     PISSN: 01617346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016173460102300401     Document Type: Article

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