Detection of aortic wall inclusions using regional pulse wave propagation and velocity in silico

Artery Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 114-123

  Shahmirzadi, Danial ^a   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV); Aortic wall stiffness; Pulse wave imaging (PWI); Regional softening; Regional stiffening

Indexed keywords

AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMORAL ARTERY; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; VELOCITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84864774942     PISSN: 18729312     EISSN: 18764401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artres.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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