Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 957-967 , November 2010

Estimation of distributed arterial mechanical properties using a wave propagation model in a reverse way

  • C.A.D. Leguy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, WH 4.33, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 40 247 40 60; fax: +31 40 244 7355.
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  • E.M.H. Bosboom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • H. Gelderblom

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • A.P.G. Hoeks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • F.N. van de Vosse

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Received 23 September 2009 ,Revised 12 February 2010 ,Accepted 27 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.06.010

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 9 , Pages 957-967 , November 2010

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