• DocumentCode
    1223350
  • Title

    Automated Computation of Cardiac Output and Shunts from Indicator Dilution Curves

  • Author

    Krovetz, L.Jerome

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Hospital
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    117
  • Lastpage
    119
  • Abstract
    A method for automatic computation of cardiac outputs using a digital computer program written in FORTRAN IV is presented. The program also computes the ratio of pulmonary to systemic flows so that the dye curve may be used for shunt detection and quantification as well.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical measurements; Blood flow; Calibration; Computer errors; Delay effects; Equations; Extrapolation; Hospitals; Blood Circulation; Cardiac Output; Computers; Heart Diseases; Humans; Indicator Dilution Techniques; Pulmonary Circulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9294
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBME.1979.326521
  • Filename
    4122999
    • Link To Document
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