A new non-invasive ultrasonic method for simultaneous measurements of longitudinal and radial arterial wall movements: First in vivo trial

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 247-251

  Persson, Magnus ^a   Ahlgren, Åsan Rydén ^a   Jansson, Tomas ^a   Eriksson, Anders ^a   Persson, Hans W ^a   Lindström, Kjell ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arterial longitudinal movement; Arteries; Mechanical properties; Shear stress; Ultasound; Vessel wall

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0141855343     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-097X.2003.00504.x     Document Type: Article

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