A new thick-walled hydraulic model of the left heart for the assessment of blood-wall interaction using ultrasound

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2004, Pages 333-336

  Claessens, T ^a   Segers, P ^a   Verdonck, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; TISSUE; ULTRASONICS;

DIASTOLIC PERFORMANCE; END-SYSTOLIC PRESSURE; MYOCARDIAL TISSUES;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

EID: 28144451926     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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