Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 799-805 , September 2009

Root-MUSIC analysis of nitric oxide-mediated changes in ophthalmic artery blood flow velocity waveforms

  • C.E. Agnew

      Affiliations

    • Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT12 6BA, United Kingdom
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  • D.J. Rea

      Affiliations

    • Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT12 6BA, United Kingdom
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  • A.J. McCann

      Affiliations

    • Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT12 6BA, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • C.J. Lockhart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Whitla Medical Building, School of Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7BL, United Kingdom
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  • P.K. Hamilton

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Whitla Medical Building, School of Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7BL, United Kingdom
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  • C.E. Quinn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Whitla Medical Building, School of Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7BL, United Kingdom
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  • G.E. McVeigh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Whitla Medical Building, School of Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT9 7BL, United Kingdom
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  • R.C. McGivern

      Affiliations

    • Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Agency, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland BT12 6BA, United Kingdom

Received 14 May 2008 ,Revised 8 January 2009 ,Accepted 10 March 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.03.003

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 7 , Pages 799-805 , September 2009

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