Feasibility of a transient elastography technique for in vitro arterial elasticity assessment

2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC'10

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 37-40

  Brum, J ^a   Balay, G ^a   Bia, D ^b   Armentano, R L ^b,c   Negreira, C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

ARTERIAL WALL; CLASSICAL APPROACH; DIAMETER VARIATION; EARLY DETECTION; IN-VITRO; IN-VITRO EVALUATION; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL GELS; PRESSURE VARIATIONS; PRESSURE-DIAMETER RELATIONSHIP; TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ALGORITHM; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; VIBRATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTERIES; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; VIBRATION;

EID: 78650821998     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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