Abstract:
La formacion de imagen reflejada se utiliza para realizar el análisis no invasor, in vivo del sistema vascular de un sujeto. Una imagen reflejada bruta (110) es normalizada con respecto al antecedente o fondo para formar una imagen reflejada corregida (120). Una imagen para análisis (130) es segmentada a partir de la imagen reflejada corregida, para incluir una escena o cuadro de interés para el análisis. El método y el aparato pueden ser utilizados para determinar características tales como la concentracion de hemoglobina por unidad de volumen de sangre, el numero de células sanguíneas blancas por unidad de volumen de sangre, un volumen celular medio, el numero de plaquetas por unidad de volumen de sangre, y el hematocrito. Puede ser utilizados polarizados cruzados (1510 y 1520) para mejorar la visualizacion de la imagen reflejada.
Abstract:
A method for measuring the flow rate of a liquid, saline or blood, through a blood vessel to be used as graft on a patient in need thereof, where a certain quantity of this fluid is passed under controlled conditions through this vessel, thus establishing whether it is suitable for use as a graft. There is also provided a system for effecting such measurement which essentially comprises a large syringe connected to a pump, which passes the fluid through the blood vessel intended for use as graft, under exactly defined conditions, and means for calculating the flow rate and whether the vessel is suitable for the intended patient.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a system and to a method for the measurement and presentation of flow movements in a fluid, particularly for determining blood perfusion in the superficial blood vessels of a body organ. The system includes a laser beam generating source (1), means (3, 6) for directing the laser beam (2) onto the body part to be examined and for moving the laser beam in a controlled fashion over the body part in accordance with a determined scanning pattern (8). This system also includes means (9) for receiving part of the laser beam reflected from the body part. Also included in the system are means (10, 7) for detecting the broadened frequency of the reflected portion of the laser beam, this spectral broadening being caused by the Doppler effect, for a large number of points along the path (8) scanned by the laser beam, this broadening of the frequency being used as a measurement of the magnitude of the superficial blood circulation in the examined body part (5) at these points.
Abstract:
A method of determination of blood flow including projecting a beam (B) of laser generated light (L) to move (SM) over a surface (T) beneath which blood flow in a vessel or vascular bed is to be determined, collecting (RD) light returning scattered from the beam by the surface and by blood flowing beneath, measuring a spectrum of frequencies in said collected light, determining (DA), (F) from differences in said frequencies blood flow (VS) in a vessel or vascular bed beneath said surface. A reference for the detected frequencies is provided by light returned from the surface. A map of blood flow in a false-colour flow scale can be displayed (DU).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining pulmonary blood flow in a subject which utilises a divided airway, such that isolated divisions of the respiratory system which together make up the whole of the gas exchanging part of the respiratory system are ventilated with different gas mixtures. The invention also provides a triple lumen cuffed endobronchial catheter useful in measuring pulmonary blood flow.
Abstract:
The present invention pertains to a circulatory system (10), such as a circulatory assist system for a patient (12). The system comprises a blood pump having tubing fluidically communicating with a person's blood vessel. The blood pump (14) can be, for instance, a centrifugal blood pump but is not limited thereto. The system also comprises an occluder device (16) for controlling flow of the blood pump. The occluder device is in contact with the tubing of the blood pump. The occluder device can be incorporated into anti-kink sheath over the outlet graft tubing of the blood pump. Preferably, the system comprises control means for actuating the occluder device when the blood pump malfunctions.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for measuring the flow rates of fluids is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a probe (10) which may be placed in a fluid inside a vessel, such as a blood vessel. The probe (10) comprises at least one pair of conductors (16, 18) to which the circuit (15) provides a small current. As ions are disordered or migrate between at least one of the conductors and the fluid, a current or charge is caused to flow between the conductors (16, 18). The circuit (15) measures this current using a differential amplifier (66) and generates an output signal corresponding thereto. The output signal is then displayed on a monitor (80). Because the current flow is closely related to the rate of flow of the fluid past the probe, an accurate measurement of the flow rate is obtained.
Abstract:
Apparatus (20) and a method of determining in vivo the instantaneous velocity of the blood flowing within the body of a living being. The apparatus (20) basically comprises respective first and second sensors (42, 44) which are arranged to be disposed at spaced apart locations within a blood vessel (26). The sensors (42, 44) are coupled to a control/analysis unit (24) located externally of the body of the being. The first sensor (42) is arranged to provide a heat pulse to the blood flowing thereby and to provide a first signal at that time. The second sensor (44) is located downstream of said first sensor and is arranged for providing a second signal when the first blood portion passes thereby. The control/analysis unit (24) measures the time period between those signals and based on that value and data representative of the distance separating the sensors, calculates the instantaneous blood velocity.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring microvascular blood flow in tissue comprises means for irradiating a section of the tissue with the monochromatic light from the light source (2); means (2) for photodetecting the collected scattered light; means (3-6) for calculating the power spectrum of the photocurrents generated in the detection of laser light scattered from static tissue and Doppler broadened laser light scattered from moving blood cells. The apparatus includes means for filtering movement artefact noise and, therefore, enables fast tissue blood perfusion imaging with enhanced signal quality.
Abstract:
A process is disclosed for non-invasively measuring cerebral blood flow by simultaneously determining a blood flow index which is directly proportional to the blood flow. For that purpose, the cerebral flooding dynamics of an intravenously injected indicator dye with absorption properties in the near-infrared spectrum is sensed by near-infrared spectrocopy and the arterial flooding dynamics is sensed by pulse densitometry. A device used to carry out this process consists of a multiple channel apparatus with at least two near-infrared spectroscopes which have two pulsed monochromatic light sources each (with a measurement and a reference wavelength) in the range of the near-infrared spectrum, at least one or several light receivers connected to a photomultiplier, and a non-invasive measurement apparatus for the pulse densitometric determination of the tracer concentration in the arterial blood of the systemic blood circulation.