Measurement of regional pulse wave velocity using very high frame rate ultrasound

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-98

  Hasegawa, Hideyuki ^a   Hongo, Kazue ^a   Kanai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

High frame rate; Parallel beam forming; Regional pulse wave velocity

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PULSE WAVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKIN SURFACE; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VIBRATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84880749969     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-012-0400-9     Document Type: Article

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