Comparison of B-mode, M-mode and echo-tracking methods for measurement of the arterial distension waveform

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 879-887

  Stadler, Robert W ^a   Taylor, J Andrew ^b   Lees, Robert S ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Boston Heart Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial diameter; Arterial distensibility; Computer assisted image processing; Ultrasonic echo tracking; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSELS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DISEASES; ESTIMATION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE; MEDICAL IMAGING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ARTERIAL DIAMETER; ARTERIAL DISTENSIBILITY; ARTERIAL DISTENSION WAVEFORM; ULTRASONIC ECHO TRACKING;

ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; B SCAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; WAVEFORM;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 8544253982     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(97)00074-4     Document Type: Article

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