Does unfocused imaging using single-element ultrasound transducers improve arterial blood pressure waveform estimation in flow phantoms and human carotids?
Unfocused imaging using single-element ultrasound transducers with an IRM estimator demonstrates feasibility for low-cost, portable, and motion-tolerant arterial blood pressure waveform estimation.
This paper details unfocused imaging using single-element ultrasound transducers for motion tolerant arterial blood pressure (ABP) waveform estimation. The ABP waveform is estimated based on pulse wave velocity and arterial pulsation through Doppler and M-mode ultrasound. This paper discusses approaches to mitigate the effect of increased clutter due to unfocused imaging on blood flow and diameter waveform estimation. An intensity reduction model (IRM) estimator is described to track the change of diameter, which outperforms a complex cross-correlation model (C3M) estimator in low contrast environments. An adaptive clutter filtering approach is also presented, which reduces the increased Doppler angle estimation error due to unfocused imaging. Experimental results in a flow phantom demonstrate that flow velocity and diameter waveforms can be reliably measured with wide lateral offsets of the transducer position. The distension waveform estimated from human carotid M-mode imaging using the IRM estimator shows physiological baseline fluctuations and 0.6-mm pulsatile diameter change on average, which is within the expected physiological range. These results show the feasibility of this low cost and portable ABP waveform estimation device.
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