NORMALIZED AREA UNDER CATACROTIC PHASE OF THE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAM PULSE FOR ESTIMATING VASCULAR AGING

Firas M. Salih ,Omar Abdallah, Qasem Qananwah , Armin Bolz

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