Toward Noninvasive Blood Pressure Assessment in Arteries by Using Ultrasound

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 788-797

  Beulen, Bart W A M M ^a   Bijnens, Nathalie ^a   Koutsouridis, Gregory G ^a   Brands, Peter J ^b   Rutten, Marcel C M ^a   van de Vosse, Frans N ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cross correlation; Local pressure estimation; Pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CROSS CORRELATIONS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; LINEAR ARRAYS; LOCAL PRESSURE ESTIMATION; PRESSURE ESTIMATION; PRESSURE VALUES; PRESSURE WAVEFORMS; PULSATING FLOW; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; RHEOLOGIC PROPERTY; SIMULTANEOUS ESTIMATION; ULTRASOUND SCANNERS; VELOCITY PROFILES; VELOCITY VECTORS; VESSEL WALLS; WAVE FORMS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASES; ESTIMATION; ULTRASONICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; PULSE WAVE; RADIOFREQUENCY; WAVEFORM;

ARTERIES; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 79954631340     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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