1. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 Power function describing the human aorta thickness variation and a linear function describing the thickness variations along the subclavian and brachial arteries Figure Legend:

2. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 Power function describing the human aorta radius variations and a linear function describing the human subclavian and brachial artery radius variations Figure Legend:

3. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 Pressure wave traveling time versus number of segments Figure Legend:

4. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 A schematic figure showing conditions at a bifurcation Figure Legend:

5. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 A schematic diagram showing the propagation and reflection of pressure waves in the system. The red arrows show the waves arriving to the brachial artery. Figure Legend:

6. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 Suprasystolic left ventricle wave form used as an input to the ascending aorta Figure Legend:

7. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 Model simulation of the strain on the pneumatic cuff outer wall contours at different aortic stiffness values ranging from healthy (75% of average stiffness for young healthy subjects) to diseased (400% the average stiffness for young healthy subjects) Figure Legend:

8. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 The effect of variations in aortic stiffness on the brachial AI; the stiffness is relative to a normal value for a healthy young male Figure Legend:

9. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 The effect of variations in aortic stiffness on the time lag between the upstroke of the incident wave and the arrival of the reflected wave in both the pressure and strain contours Figure Legend:

10. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 Strain contours obtained from the Pulsecor device for three individuals of different age Figure Legend:

11. Date of download: 7/7/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Pressure Waves as a Noninvasive Tool for Artery Stiffness Estimation J. Med. Devices. 2008;2(2):021001-021001-8. doi:10.1115/1.2918739 A comparison between experimental and model PWV versus aortic stiffness and patient’s age Figure Legend: