One of the most common and well-accepted biomarkers for Cardiovascular diseases is the Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV), related with the time-shift observed in pressure or flow waveforms along the artery. Some drawbacks in its application can be summarized as data often collected by catheterization or separated 2D flow planes, centerlines do not necessarily coincide with the path followed by wavefronts and, the methods are user-dependent. We propose a novel method for PWV avoiding centerlines by evaluating flows over wavefronts to improve results. A systematic analysis of phantom scans and to a set of volunteers and patients show promising results.
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