Pulse Wave Imaging (PWI) and arterial stiffness measurement of the human carotid artery: An in vivo feasibility study

IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1778-1781

  Li, Ronny X ^a   Luo, Jianwen ^a   Khamdaeng, Tipapon ^c   Konofagou, Elisa E ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Chiang Mai University ^*  (United States)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

arterial stiffness; carotid artery; collagen; elastin; motion estimation; pulse wave imaging (PWI); pulse wave velocity (PWV); speckle tracking; tonometry; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CAROTID ARTERY; ELASTIN; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY; SPECKLE TRACKING; TONOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC MODULI; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOTION ESTIMATION; SPECKLE; STRESS-STRAIN CURVES; TRANSITION FLOW; ULTRASONICS;

STIFFNESS;

EID: 84869063951     PISSN: 19485719     EISSN: 19485727     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2011.0444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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