Estimating arterial stiffness using transmission line model

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1375-1378

  Leung, Mande ^a   Dumont, Guy ^a   Sandor, George G S ^b   Potts, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ROOT DIAMETER; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOPPLER EFFECT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STIFFNESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34047111358     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260616     Document Type: Conference Paper

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