Title :
Automated Computation of Cardiac Output and Shunts from Indicator Dilution Curves
Author :
Krovetz, L.Jerome
Author_Institution :
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Hospital
Abstract :
A method for automatic computation of cardiac outputs using a digital computer program written in FORTRAN IV is presented. The program also computes the ratio of pulmonary to systemic flows so that the dye curve may be used for shunt detection and quantification as well.
Keywords :
Biomedical measurements; Blood flow; Calibration; Computer errors; Delay effects; Equations; Extrapolation; Hospitals; Blood Circulation; Cardiac Output; Computers; Heart Diseases; Humans; Indicator Dilution Techniques; Pulmonary Circulation;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1979.326521
