Forward and backward waves in the arterial system: Impedance or wave intensity analysis?

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 207-210

  Hughes, A D ^a   Parker, K H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL SYSTEMS; BACKWARD COMPONENTS; BACKWARD WAVES; CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCES; FLOW WAVEFORMS; IMPEDANCE ANALYSIS; WAVE INTENSITY ANALYSIS; WAVE SPEED;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE EFFECTS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PULSATILE FLOW; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 60649089339     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-009-0444-1     Document Type: Article

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