Title :
Real time conductance catheter system based on FPGA
Author :
María de los Á. Gómez López;Juan M. Olivera;Myriam C. Herrera
Author_Institution :
Electrical, Electronic and Computational Engineering Department, National University of Tucumá
Abstract :
This paper presents a digital conductance catheter system based on FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Arrays) to measure real time ventricular volumes for experimental use. The system performance is realized in three stages: a) conductance measurements using a well-known set of resistance connected to each catheter section; b) volumes measurements in glass containers of well-known geometry that contain a solution with a resistivity similar to the blood, and c) comparison between the previous analog conductance catheter system and this novel FPGA based system.
Keywords :
"Catheters","Volume measurement","Field programmable gate arrays","Containers","Glass","Voltage measurement","Calibration"
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4123-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1558-4615
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626874
