Limb volume determination by means of ultrasound

Author

Schmitt, R.M. ; Baisch, F.W. ; Klein, M. ; Welsch, H.J. ; Becker, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Fraunhofer Inst. for NDT, St. Ingbert, West Germany

fYear

1988

fDate

4-7 Nov. 1988

Firstpage

481

Abstract

An ultrasonic method and device have been developed and evaluated for 3-D mapping of irregular surfaces. The device is used for limb volume determination, which is needed in the evaluation of physiological blood volume changes during manned space operations. Volume is calculated from several limb cross-sectional areas of known distances. First experiments on earth simulating physiological effects of microgravity have demonstrated clearly the system´s ability to measure limb volume and volume changes. The axial resolution in distance measurement is approximately 0.4 mm. Absolute accuracy in cross-sectional area estimate is better than 0.5%. The time needed to measure one plane is about 10 s and a limb segment is scanned in about one min (4 planes).<>

Keywords

aerospace biophysics; biomedical measurement; biomedical ultrasonics; volume measurement; 3D mapping; axial resolution; cross-sectional area estimate; distance measurement; irregular surfaces; limb volume determination; manned space operations; physiological effects of microgravity; ultrasonic method;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1988.94619

Filename

94619