Automated and accurate measurement of aortic pulse wave velocity using magnetic resonance imaging

Computers in Cardiology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2007, Pages 661-664

  Giri, S S ^a,b   Ding, Y ^a   Nishijima, Y ^a   Pedraza Toscano, A ^a   Burns, P M ^a   Hamlin, R L ^a   Simonetti, O P ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Doan Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; ARRIVAL TIME; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BODY SURFACES; CARDIOVASCULAR RISKS; CLINICAL MEASUREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES; MULTIPLE POINTS; NON-INVASIVE; NON-INVASIVE METHODS; NOVEL METHODS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; POWERFUL INDICATORS; PULSE WAVE VELOCITIES; PULSE WAVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CARDIOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STIFFNESS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 62949115097     PISSN: 02766574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIC.2007.4745572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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