A log-linearized arterial viscoelastic model for evaluation of the carotid artery

Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2591-2594

  Hirano, Harutoyo ^a,b   Horiuchi, Tetsuya ^a   Kutluk, Abdugheni ^c   Kurita, Yuichi ^a   Ukawa, Teiji ^d   Nakamura, Ryuji ^a   Saeki, Noboru ^a   Higashi, Yukihito ^a   Kawamoto, Masashi ^a   Yoshizumi, Masao ^a   Tsuji, Toshio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NIHON KOHDEN CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL DIAMETER; ARTERIAL PRESSURES; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; QUALITATIVE EVALUATIONS; VISCO-ELASTIC CHARACTERISTICS; VISCOELASTIC MODELING; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

LINEARIZATION; MODELS;

VISCOELASTICITY;

AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VISCOSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

AGE FACTORS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; VISCOSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886450915     PISSN: 1557170X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610070     Document Type: Conference Paper

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