Physiologic cardiovascular strain and intrinsic wave imaging

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages 477-505

  Konofagou, Elisa ^a,b   Lee, Wei Ning ^a   Luo, Jianwen ^a   Provost, Jean ^a   Vappou, Jonathan ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Displacement; Electromechanical; Pulse; Vascular

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC; DISPLACEMENT; ELECTROMECHANICAL; PULSE; VASCULAR;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HEART; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; USER INTERFACES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

AGING; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIAC IMAGING; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MYOCARDIAL STRAIN IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PULSE WAVE; RIGIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION;

ANGINA;

EID: 79960477672     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: 15454274     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071910-124721     Document Type: Article

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