A non-invasive study of alterations of the carotid artery with age using ultrasound images

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 767-772

  Balasundaram, Jayanthi K ^a   Banu, R S D Wahida ^b  

^a K S RANGASAMY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (India)

Author keywords

Arterialdiameter; B mode; Carotid; Diastole; Pulsatile changes; Systole

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARTERIAL DIAMETER; CAROTID ARTERY; DIASTOLE; PULSATILE CHANGES; SYSTOLE;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY FLOW; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLOTS AND CURVES; SYSTOLE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADULT; AGING; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PULSATILE FLOW;

EID: 33748481113     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0085-6     Document Type: Article

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