Evans D H, Schlindwein F S, Levene M I
Department of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering, Leicester Royal Infirmary, UK.
Clin Phys Physiol Meas. 1989 Aug;10(3):241-51. doi: 10.1088/0143-0815/10/3/004.
A totally automatic system for capturing and processing ultrasonic Doppler signals and blood pressure signals at pre-programmed intervals is described. The Doppler signals are Fourier transformed and a composite maximum frequency envelope extracted from the spectral data. The frequency envelope is split into individual cardiac cycles and a number of Doppler parameters calculated. All Doppler and blood pressure results are stored on disc, and the most important may be displayed in the form of trend graphs on a computer screen. The system has been used to study variations in middle cerebral artery blood flow velocity and systemic blood pressure in neonates over periods of several hours.
