DocumentCode
2101356
Title
Assessing blood flow in isolated pig heart with USCA
Author
Gerfault, Laurent ; Helms, Eric ; Bailleau, Vincent ; Rognin, Nicolas ; Finet, Gérard ; Janier, Marc ; Cachard, Christian
Author_Institution
Inst. Nat. des Sci. Appliquees, Villeurbanne, France
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
1999
Firstpage
1725
Abstract
In order to study heart perfusion by UltraSound Contrast Agents (USCA) means, and mainly the relationship between flow rate and acoustic signal variation versus time, an experimental setup has been developed. Signal versus time variation curves are deduced from local analysis of RF data. The setup has been validated by comparison between measured dilution curves and theoretical results. Finally, results are shown for heart based manipulations
Keywords
biomedical ultrasonics; blood flow measurement; cardiology; haemorheology; RF data local analysis; acoustic signal variation versus time; blood flow assessment; experimental setup; heart based manipulations; isolated pig heart; measured dilution curves; medical diagnostic imaging; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic transducers; Attenuation; Blood flow; Heart; Myocardium; Radio frequency; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonic transducers; Ultrasonic variables measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Ultrasonics Symposium, 1999. Proceedings. 1999 IEEE
Conference_Location
Caesars Tahoe, NV
ISSN
1051-0117
Print_ISBN
0-7803-5722-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ULTSYM.1999.849331
Filename
849331
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