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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ultrasound Med Biol. 2008 Jan 22;34(6):963–972. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2007.11.010

Table 2.

In vivo estimates of wall shear rate from one normal subject

Left common carotid artery Left brachial artery

Pulse type Systole Diastole Systole Diastole
mean ± std mean ± std mean ± std mean ± std
Broadband 590 ± 88 137 ± 64 458 ± 66 128 ± 51
Narrow band 729 ± 63 154 ± 57 574 ± 47 163 ± 43
Opt (7 bit) 785 ± 37 173 ± 25 699 ± 33 187 ± 29
Pchirp (1.17 µs) 773 ± 52 198 ± 30 703 ± 32 204 ± 35
Opt (13 bit) 853 ± 32 219 ± 21 710 ± 21 213 ± 22
Pchirp (2.10 µs) 820 ± 41 225 ± 23 743 ± 25 219 ± 19

WSR unit: 1/s