Laser Doppler Blood Flow Velocimeter With An Optical Fiber And Its Application To Detailed Measurements Of The Coronary Blood Flow Velocities
- 24 October 1984
- proceedings article
- Published by SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
- Vol. 0494, 25-31
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.943903
Abstract
In this study we present a new laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV) with an optical fiber to measure blood flow velocities accurately. After fundamental experiments to evaluate the accuracy and performances of this LDV in the blood velocimetry, blood flow velocity profiles in coronary arteries were evaluated in mongrel dogs. It was shown that this LDV is a feasible and useful to measure the dynamic blood flow velocity in coronary arteries. Finally, our LDV was remodeled to a catheter type for clinical application.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: