A viscoelastic model of arterial wall motion in pulsatile flow: Implications for Doppler ultrasound clutter assessment

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 157-179

  Warriner, Renée K ^a   Johnston, K Wayne ^a,b   Cobbold, Richard S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Common carotid artery; Computer simulation; Pulsatile flow; Viscoelastic model; Wall displacements

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CLUTTER (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HEMODYNAMICS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PULSATILE FLOW; RADAR CLUTTER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARTERIAL WALL; CARDIAC CYCLES; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; DOPPLER ULTRASOUND; IN-VIVO; PULSATILE BLOOD FLOW; VISCOELASTIC MODELS; WALL DISPLACEMENT; WAVEFORMS;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; IN VIVO STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 38949157125     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/29/2/001     Document Type: Article

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