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Steifer T., Lewandowski M., Karwat P., Gawlikowski M.♦, Automatic emboli detection system for the artificial heart,
Physics Procedia, ISSN: 1875-3892, DOI: 10.1016/j.phpro.2015.08.254, Vol.70, pp.1181-1184, 2015 Abstract:
In spite of the progress in material engineering and ventricular assist devices construction, thromboembolism remains the most crucial problem in mechanical heart supporting systems. Therefore, the ability to monitor the patient’s blood for clot formation should be considered an important factor in development of heart supporting systems. The well-known methods for automatic embolus detection are based on the monitoring of the ultrasound Doppler signal. A working system utilizing ultrasound Doppler is being developed for the purpose of flow estimation and emboli detection in the clinical artificial heart ReligaHeart EXT. The system will be based on the existing dual channel multi-gate Doppler device with RF digital processing. A specially developed clamp-on cannula probe, equipped with 2 − 4MHz piezoceramic transducers, enables easy system setup. We present the issues related to the development of automatic emboli detection via Doppler measurements. We consider several algorithms for the flow estimation and emboli detection. We discuss their efficiency and confront them with the requirements of our experimental setup. Theoretical considerations are then met with preliminary experimental findings from a) flow studies with blood mimicking fluid and b) in-vitro flow studies with animal blood. Finally, we discuss some more methodological issues - we consider several possible approaches to the problem of verification of the accuracy of the detection system. Keywords:
microemboli, embolism, Doppler ultrasound, ventricular assist device Affiliations:
| Steifer T. | - | IPPT PAN | | Lewandowski M. | - | IPPT PAN | | Karwat P. | - | IPPT PAN | | Gawlikowski M. | - | other affiliation |
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