Noninvasive simultaneous assessment of wall shear rate and wall distension in carotid arteries

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1661-1670

  Tortoli, Piero ^a   Morganti, Tiziano ^a   Bambi, Giacomo ^a   Palombo, Carlo ^b   Ramnarine, Kumar V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial mechanics; Multigate Doppler processing; Wall distension; Wall shear rate

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ARTERIAL MECHANICS; MULTIGATE DOPPLER PROCESSING; WALL DISTENSION; WALL SHEAR RATES (WSR);

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MECHANICAL PROBE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; THEORY;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33750820187     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.07.023     Document Type: Article

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