Pulse wave imaging for noninvasive and quantitative measurement of arterial stiffness in vivo

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 393-398

  Vappou, Jonathan ^a   Luo, Jianwen ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Pulse wave velocity; Ultrasound imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; ULTRASOUND; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949654916     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajh.2009.272     Document Type: Article

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