Regional measurement of arterial stiffness using Pulse Wave Imaging (PWI):Phantom validation and preliminary clinical results

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1332-1335

  Vappou, Jonathan ^a   Luo, Jianwen ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; IN-VIVO; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; WELL-ESTABLISHED BIOMARKERS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITIES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; MECHANICAL TESTING; ULTRASONICS; VISUALIZATION; WAVE PROPAGATION; DISEASES; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 80054064781     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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