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Quantitative study of steady flow using color Doppler ultrasound.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1962362     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The use of color Doppler flow mapping systems for quantitative in vitro studies of flow fields is examined and illustrated. A 5-MHz color Doppler system was used, and the resolution was determined by comparing the results of flow-field measurement for steady parabolic pipe flow with calculated values. The velocity accuracy was about 6% of the velocity corresponding to half the pulse repetition frequency, and the spatial resolution was better than 1 mm. Frame frequency limitations permitted only partial tracking of fast temporal changes in the flow field. However, detection of vortices downstream from a small cylinder placed in the flow tube was significantly enhanced by synchronizing the frame frequency with the vortex shedding frequency and using a velocity-variance mode. Color Doppler aliasing was found to be useful to define streamlines and determine whether the flow was laminar or turbulent. The color Doppler system clearly imaged Poiseuille, transitional and turbulent flow and vortex shedding in vitro. It is concluded that color Doppler ultrasound flow mapping can enable large, complex flow fields to be quantitatively studied in vitro.
Authors:
T Tamura; R S Cobbold; K W Johnston
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Ultrasound in medicine & biology     Volume:  17     ISSN:  0301-5629     ISO Abbreviation:  Ultrasound Med Biol     Publication Date:  1991  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-01-09     Completed Date:  1992-01-09     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410553     Medline TA:  Ultrasound Med Biol     Country:  ENGLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  595-605     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology*
Humans
Models, Cardiovascular
Models, Structural
Transducers
Ultrasonics
Ultrasonography / methods*

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