Determination of wave speed and distensibility of flexible tubes using diameter and velocity

Proceedings of the 31st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society: Engineering the Future of Biomedicine, EMBC 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1796-1799

  Li, Ye ^a   Khir, Ashraf W ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAVE PROPAGATION;

ARTERIAL DISTENSIBILITY; CONSERVATION OF MASS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DISTENSIBILITY; FLEXIBLE TUBES; MOMENTUM EQUATION; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

SPEED;

EID: 77950996320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5333933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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