Non-invasive assessment of pulse wave velocity in mice by means of ultrasound images

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 31-37

  Di Lascio, Nicole ^a   Stea, Francesco ^a   Kusmic, Claudia ^a   Sicari, Rosa ^a   Faita, Francesco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mouse models; Pulse wave velocity; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEART CYCLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLE; ULTRASOUND; WAVEFORM; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; C57BL MOUSE; CAROTID ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84930007634     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.08.033     Document Type: Article

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