• DocumentCode
    2215750
  • Title

    Parameters measurement of coronary blood flow velocity using a fast wavelet transform based algorithm

  • Author

    Francalancia, C. ; Virgilio, V. Di ; Conti, E. ; Finocchiaro, M.L. ; Lupi, A. ; Cerutti, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. & Syst. Sci., Rome Univ., Italy
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    31 Oct-3 Nov 1996
  • Firstpage
    875
  • Abstract
    An algorithm based on fast wavelet transform has been developed for detecting diastolic and systolic coronary blood flow velocity signals characteristic patterns. The fast wavelet transform is used as a denoising tool to distinguish coronary blood flow waves from major noise, artifacts and baseline drift. Start-end diastolic-systolic fiducial points have been automatically detected to measure coronary blood flow velocity characteristic parameters. Feasibilty of scientific and clinical investigation assessment of coronary artery disease is presented through phasic coronary blood flow beat-to-beat analysis
  • Keywords
    Doppler measurement; acoustic signal processing; biomedical ultrasonics; blood flow measurement; cardiology; medical signal processing; signal resolution; wavelet transforms; Doppler ultrasound; Mallat pyramidal algorithm; artifacts; baseline drift; characteristic patterns; coronary artery disease; coronary blood flow velocity; denoising tool; diastolic coronary blood flow velocity; fast wavelet transform based algorithm; multiresolution signal analysis; parameters measurement; phasic coronary blood flow beat-to-beat analysis; start-end diastolic-systolic fiducial points; systolic coronary blood flow velocity; Band pass filters; Blood flow; Digital filters; Discrete wavelet transforms; Fluid flow measurement; Signal analysis; Signal resolution; Velocity measurement; Wavelet analysis; Wavelet transforms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3811-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1996.652019
  • Filename
    652019