A comparison between local wave speed in the carotid and femoral arteries in healthy humans: Application of a new method

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2857-2860

  Borlotti, Alessandra ^a   Vermeersch, Sebastian ^b   Rietzschel, Ernst ^c   Segers, Patrick ^b   Khir, Ashraf W ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; CAROTID ARTERY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEALTHY HUMANS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; LARGE POPULATION; LOCAL WAVE; NON-INVASIVE; NONINVASIVE METHODS; POINT OF MEASUREMENT; REFLECTED WAVES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND ECHO; WALL TRACKING; WAVE INTENSITY ANALYSIS; WAVE SPEED;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 78650828840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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