From times immemorial manual palpation served as a source of information on the state of
soft tissues and allowed detection of various diseases accompanied by changes in tissue …

Local pulse wave velocity (PWV) is evolving as one of the important determinants of arterial
hemodynamics, localized vessel stiffening associated with several pathologies, and a host …

Very high frame rate ultrasound imaging has recently allowed for the extension of the
applications of echography to new fields of study such as the functional imaging of the brain …

Observations of fast transport of fluorescent tracers in mouse brains have led to the
hypothesis of bulk water flow directed from arterial to venous paravascular spaces (PVS) …

The movement of fluid into, through, and out of the brain plays an important role in clearing
metabolic waste. However, there is controversy regarding the mechanisms driving fluid …

Noninvasive quantification of regional arterial stiffness, such as measurement of the pulse
wave velocity (PWV), has been shown to be of high clinical importance. Pulse wave imaging …

Background Arterial stiffening is recognized to be associated with increased cardiovascular
mortality and to be a major cause of several cardiovascular complications. Pulse wave …

Pulse wave imaging (PWI) is an ultrasound imaging modality that estimates the wall stiffness
of an imaged arterial segment by tracking the pulse wave propagation. The aim of the …

Ultrafast ultrasound is a promising imaging modality that enabled, inter alia, the
development of pulse wave imaging and the local velocity estimation of the so-called pulse …

Findings from basic science and clinical studies agree that arterial stiffness is fundamental to
both the mechanobiology and the biomechanics that dictate vascular health and disease …