Ultrasound stimulated acoustic emission in the measurement of elasticity of arterial wall

Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1929-1932

  Karjalainen, Tero ^a   Hynynen, Kullervo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

ARTERIAL WALL; ULTRASOUND STIMULATED ACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS;

EID: 0036995723     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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