Applanation tonometry for determining arterial stiffness

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1 TRACK-F, 2012, Pages 669-672

  Zhao, Y ^a   Kullmann, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WÜRZBURG SCHWEINFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELASTICITY;

ARTERIAL PRESSURES; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; CALCULATION RESULTS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; PIEZO FILM SENSORS; POWERFUL INDICATORS; PULSE WAVE VELOCITY;

BLOOD VESSELS;

EID: 84884166549     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmt-2012-4121     Document Type: Article

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