Title :
A study on characteristics of radial arteries through ultrasonic waves
Author :
Lee, Yu-Jung ; Lee, Jeon ; Kim, Jong-Yeol
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronic Engineering, Kalsan-ri, Tangjeong-myeon, Asan-si, Chungnam, Sunmoon University, 336-708, South Korea
Abstract :
The study aims to measure and analyze the thickness and depth of blood vessel on the pulse diagnosis locations (CHON, KWAN, CHUCK) and the blood velocity through the use of ultrasonic waves (LOGIQ5PRO, GE Medical, U.S.) in order to understand the structural difference of pulse diagnosis locations. The subjects included 44 healthy men and women (22.28±2.62 age) considered normal in terms of Body Mass Index (BMI). The thickness and depth of the blood vessel and the blood velocity were measured three times on CHON, KWAN and CHUCK to obtain the average value.
Keywords :
Analytical models; Arteries; Blood vessels; Fingers; Medical diagnostic imaging; Pulse measurements; Testing; Thickness measurement; Ultrasonic variables measurement; Velocity measurement; Adult; Blood Pressure; Blood Vessels; Body Mass Index; Female; Hand; Humans; Male; Models, Statistical; Monitoring, Physiologic; Pulsatile Flow; Radial Artery; Reproducibility of Results; Sex Factors; Ultrasonics;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649696
