Characterization of spectral broadening of Doppler signals recorded in the left ventricular outflow tract of patients with a valvular aortic stenosis

Author

Cloutier, Guy ; Lemire, F. ; Durand, L.-G. ; Latour, Y. ; Jarry, M. ; Solignac, A. ; Allard, L. ; Langlois, Y.E.

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. Lab., Inst. de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal, Que., Canada

fYear

1989

Firstpage

67

Abstract

Ultrasonic Doppler signals were recorded in the left ventricular outflow tract of 48 patients to detect aortic valve stenosis. Extraction of Doppler spectral parameters was based on the characterization of spectral broadening. Results showed that the spectral envelope area is the best parameter among those tested for discriminating between patients with and without aortic pressure gradient, and also between patients having a mean aortic pressure gradient lower and higher than 60 mmHg. The systolic window and the bandwidth at -3 dB of the mode frequency gave the worst results

Keywords

Doppler effect; biomedical ultrasonics; cardiology; 60 mmHg; Doppler signals spectral broadening; aortic pressure gradient; left ventricular outflow tract; medical ultrasound; mode frequency; spectral envelope area; systolic window; valvular aortic stenosis; Amplitude estimation; Bandwidth; Blood flow; Cardiology; Frequency conversion; Frequency estimation; Heart valves; Hospitals; Phase detection; Spectrogram;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95574

Filename

95574