A Numerical Model of Blood Flow Velocity Measurement Based on Finger Ring

Fu Yusheng1, Qiyu Wang1, Jianbo Yi2

  • 1School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 611731, China.

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