A system for intravascular,radially orientation-independent electromagnetic flow- and diameter-sensing |
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Authors: | Alexander Kolin |
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Institution: | (1) School of Medicine, University of California, 405 Hilgard Avenue, 90024 Los Angeles, California, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary The difficulty of optimally orienting an intravascular loop probe of an extracorporeal field electromagnetic flow meter is circumvented by uniting 2 mutually perpendicular loop sensors into a single flow-diameter probe. When one of the loops is unfavorably oriented in the magnetic field, the orientations of the other loop is more favorable. The most unfavorable case is a 45° angle between the magnetic field and the planes of the loops, when the signal drops to 70.7% of the optimal value. By taking the square root of the sum of the squares of the 2 loop transducer signals, one obtains an output for flow and diameter measurements which is independent of the probe orientation. This operation can be accomplished electronically. |
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Keywords: | Flow meter Electromagnetic flow meter Blood flow Diameter Vascular diameter Catheter flow meter Angiometer |
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