A 2D non-invasive ultrasonic method for simultaneous measurement of arterial strain and flow pattern

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 323-329

  Niu, Lili ^a   Qian, Ming ^a   Song, Ruibo ^a   Meng, Long ^a   Liu, Xin ^a   Zheng, Hairong ^a  

^a SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

2D normalized cross correlation; Arterial stiffness; Cardiovascular biomechanics; Fluid structure interaction; Hemodynamics; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY STRAIN; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; HEMODYNAMICS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 84862788070     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2012.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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