Noninvasive average flow estimation for an implantable rotary blood pump: A new algorithm incorporating the role of blood viscosity

Artificial Organs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-52

  Malagutti, Nicolò ^a,f   Karantonis, Dean M ^a,b   Cloherty, Shaun L ^a   Ayre, Peter J ^d   Mason, David G ^d   Salamonsen, Robert F ^e   Lovell, Nigel H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Ventracor Limited   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Control strategy; Hematocrit; Implantable rotary blood pump; Left ventricular assist device; Noninvasive flow estimation; Rotary blood pump

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FEEDWATER PUMPS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES; VISCOSITY;

AVERAGE FLOWS; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CONTROL STRATEGIES; ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; FLOW ESTIMATION; HAEMATOCRIT; IMPLANTABLE ROTARY BLOOD PUMP; NONINVASIVE FLOW ESTIMATION; ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS; THREE PARAMETERS;

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BLOOD FLOWMETRY; BLOOD PUMP; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE ROTARY BLOOD PUMP; LINEAR SYSTEM; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 33845757569     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2007.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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