Comparison of two ultrasonic methods of one-point measurement of pulse wave velocity - Where to set the echo-tracking positions, in the adventitia or intima?

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 518-520

  Tanaka, M ^a   Sugawara, Motoaki ^a   Niki, K ^b   Izumi, T ^a   Tarui, I ^a   Kodera, H ^a   Okada, T ^c   Harada, A ^c  

^a HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aloka Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Echo tracking; Pulse wave velocity; Stiffness parameter; Wave intensity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; STIFFNESS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CAROTID ARTERY; ECHO-TRACKING; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; STIFFNESS PARAMETERS; WAVE INTENSITIES;

MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 77950151009     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03882-2_137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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