Non-invasive measurements of longitudinal strain of the arterial wall

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 570-572

  Cinthio, Magnus ^a   Jansson, Tomas ^a   Persson, Hans W ^a   Lindström, Kjell ^a   Ahlgren, Åsa Ryden ^b  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arterial wall movements; Carotid artery; Vascular mechanics; Vascular ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ARTERIAL WALL MOVEMENTS; ARTERIAL WALLS; CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERIES; IN-VIVO; LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENTS; LONGITUDINAL STRAIN; NON-INVASIVE; NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; VASCULAR MECHANICS; VASCULAR ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 48149085725     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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