A Reproducibility Study of a TDI-Based Method to Calculate Indices of Arterial Stiffness

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Claridge, Martin W ^a   Bate, Gareth R ^a   Dineley, Jude A ^b   Hoskins, Peter R ^b   Marshall, Tim ^a   Adam, Donald A ^a   Bradbury, Andrew W ^a   Wilmink, Antonius B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Common carotid artery; Distension waveform; Doppler ultrasound; Pressure strain elastic modulus; Reproducibility; Tissue Doppler imaging; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELASTIC MODULI; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DISTENSION WAVEFORM; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; PRESSURE STRAIN ELASTIC MODULUS; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 38349092789     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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