Review: Study of the blood coagulation by ultrasound

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-86

  Huang, Chih Chung ^a   Lin, Yi Hsun ^b   Liu, Ting Yu ^a   Lee, Po Yang ^a   Wang, Shyh Hau ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood coagulation; Clot formation; Ultrasound; Ultrasound elastography; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BLOOD CLOTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLOT FORMATION; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUNDS; QUASI-STATIC STRAINS; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; ULTRASOUND BACKSCATTER; ULTRASOUND ELASTOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND PARAMETERS; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

BLOOD; COAGULATION; SHEAR FLOW; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

ULTRASONICS;

BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; ELASTOGRAPHY; HEMATOCRIT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; REVIEW; SHEAR FLOW; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 79959645586     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.893     Document Type: Review

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