A feasibility study on aortic pressure estimation using UWB radar

Proceedings - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, ICUWB 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 464-468

  Solberg, Lars Erik ^a   Balasingham, Ilangko ^a   Hamran, Svein Erik ^b   Fosse, Erik ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D SIMULATIONS; AORTIC COMPLIANCE; AORTIC DIAMETER; AORTIC PRESSURE; BREAST CANCER DETECTION; DIAMETER VARIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FREQUENCY-DOMAIN APPROACH; HEART BEAT AND RESPIRATION; MATERIAL LOSS; MEAN PRESSURES; MEDICAL LITERATURES; MICROWAVE RADARS; PULSE PRESSURE; REALISTIC GEOMETRY; RECEIVED POWER; TIME DOMAIN; UPPER BOUND; UPPER-END; UWB RADARS;

BLOOD VESSELS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROWAVES; RADAR; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FREQUENCY ESTIMATION;

EID: 71949114196     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICUWB.2009.5288761     Document Type: Conference Paper

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