DocumentCode :
1978399
Title :
Implementation of noninvasive flow velocimetry through Monte Carlo simulation
Author :
Chien, Jen-Chien ; Lin, Bor-Shyh ; Lin, Bor-Shing ; Wu, Shu-Mei ; Chong, Fok-Ching
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Volume :
4
fYear :
2001
fDate :
2001
Firstpage :
3311
Abstract :
One of the most important mechanisms for maintaining the life of human beings is their circulatory system. This research focuses on a non-invasive technique that maintains high resolution and high precision of measuring photons in the blood stream. We hope to obtain important biomedical parameters valuable for pathological diagnosis. In phase I, a non-invasive optical flow velocimetry technique is implemented for detecting the human circulatory system under the skin surface. The source of the incident photons is an He-Ne laser. The signal is transmitted and detected via a Y-type optical fiber. Optical heterodyning is used to measure the frequency difference between the reflection wave and the original incident laser wave. Then numerical simulation using Monte Carlo was used in the analysis to verify the result. In phase II, after a velocimetry specification was decided, it was modeled, tested and verified using Monte Carlo simulation. Then the apparatus were set up as directed in the model. The performance of this velocimetry is satisfactory and acceptable. This. method of implementing a velocimetry is simple, convenience and fast. Thus, no prior clinical experiment is need. Moreover, the best reading for the reflected wave is 45° ± 2.35°. This is a real-time and continuous detecting blood flow velocimetry. We find that this is a reliable tool for doctors when doing clinical diagnosis.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; bio-optics; blood flow measurement; light reflection; optical fibres; patient diagnosis; He-Ne; He-Ne laser; Monte Carlo simulation; Y-type optical fiber; clinical diagnosis; clinical experiment; noninvasive flow velocimetry implementation; optical heterodyning; original incidence laser wave; pathological diagnosis; reflected wave; reflection wave; skin surface; Biomedical measurements; Biomedical optical imaging; Blood; Circulatory system; Fiber lasers; Humans; Image motion analysis; Optical mixing; Pathology; Phase detection;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
ISSN :
1094-687X
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7211-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019533
Filename :
1019533
Link To Document :
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