Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and device for ultrasound measurement of blood flow
- Patent Title (中): 超声波血流测量方法及装置
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Application No.: US10546629Application Date: 2004-02-26
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Publication No.: US07654960B2Publication Date: 2010-02-02
- Inventor: Thomas Buck
- Applicant: Thomas Buck
- Applicant Address: DE Essen
- Assignee: Universität Duisburg-Essen
- Current Assignee: Universität Duisburg-Essen
- Current Assignee Address: DE Essen
- Agency: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett & Henry LLP
- Priority: DE10308821 20030227; DE10312883 20030322
- International Application: PCT/EP2004/001913 WO 20040226
- International Announcement: WO2004/075754 WO 20040910
- Main IPC: A61B8/00
- IPC: A61B8/00

Abstract:
A method and a device (1) for ultrasound measurement of the blood flow through a heart valve are proposed. To permit a simple, automated measurement, it is proposed that the measurement area (9) of a measurement beam (7) is moved three-dimensionally by means of a multi-array transducer (11) and continuously evaluated for characteristic Doppler signals. It is further proposed to evaluate several measurement beams (7) with offset spatial, partially overlapping measurement areas (9) and/or several reference beams (8) with offset spatial measurement areas (10) for determination of the opening surface area, the volumetric flow rate, the flow volume and/or a value proportional thereto.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060173347A1 Method and device for ultrasound measurement of blood flow Public/Granted day:2006-08-03
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