Arterial diameter measurement using high resolution ultrasonography: In vitro validation

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 203-206

  Brum, Javier ^a   Bia, Daniel ^b   Benech, Nicolas ^a   Balay, Guillermo ^a   Armentano, Ricardo L ^b   Negreira, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL DIAMETER; BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; GOLD STANDARDS; HIGH-RESOLUTION ULTRASONOGRAPHY; IN-VITRO; INTRAVASCULAR; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SONOMICROMETRY; VASCULAR PROSTHESIS; VESSEL WALLS;

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; HIGH PRESSURE ENGINEERING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

ANATOMY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; EQUIPMENT;

ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ARTERIES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861950391     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6090072     Document Type: Conference Paper

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