Title :
Optical flowmeter for blood extracorporeal circulators
Author :
Norgia, Michele ; Pesatori, Alessandro ; Rovati, Luigi
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
This work describes the design and realization of a new low-cost instrument for real time measurement of blood flow, especially developed for dialysis machine monitoring. The instrument is realized by means of a self-mixing interferometer and a dedicated data elaboration system.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; blood flow measurement; calibration; haemodynamics; light interferometers; Optical Flowmeter; blood extracorporeal circulators; blood flow; data elaboration system; dialysis machine monitoring; low-cost instrument; real time measurement; self-mixing interferometer; Biomedical optical imaging; Blood; Circulators; Instruments; Optical feedback; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Biomedical measurements; Blood flow measurement; Optical data processing; Optical interferometry; Optical velocity measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2009. I2MTC '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3352-0
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2009.5168741
