Numerical assessment of the impact of a flow wire on its velocity measurements

Wim Hillewaert, Pascal Verdonck UGent, Paul Devos UGent and Patrick Segers UGent (2006) 32(7). p.1025-1036
abstract
Blood flow velocities can be measured using a Doppler flow wire. This numerical study evaluates the impact of a 0.014" flow wire on the measured frequencies in a straight artery with diameters of 3 mm and 4 rum. under steady and pulsatile flow conditions. Simulations were performed with the wires positioned differently in the artery (perfectly centred and at an offset of 0.5 mm from the wall) and with different types of wire (tilted and straight). Measurements were taken at range gates from 4 mm to 10 mm. During simulations using a 3-mm vessel under pulsatile flow conditions, the relative error between the measured and reference maximum frequency (occurring in absence of the wire) decreased from 17.7% to 11.6% (with a mean value of 14.9%). During simulations using an off-centre 1.5 degree tilted wire. the mean error was approximately 5%. Therefore, our study suggests that that a centrally positioned flow wire is unfavourable for measuring flow velocities.
author
organization
year
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journalArticle (original)
publication status
published
subject
keyword
flow wire, CFD, velocity measurements, ultrasound, BLOOD-FLOW, IN-VITRO, GUIDE-WIRE, DOPPLER, CATHETER, VALIDATION, PROFILES, ARTERY, STENOSES, DISTAL
journal title
ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY
Ultrasound Med. Biol.
volume
32
issue
7
pages
1025 - 1036
Web of Science type
Article
Web of Science id
000239184500004
JCR category
ACOUSTICS
JCR impact factor
2.011 (2006)
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3/27 (2006)
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1 (2006)
ISSN
0301-5629
DOI
10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.03.016
language
English
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yes
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A1
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371725
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http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-371725
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2007-07-03 21:08:00
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2016-12-19 15:41:37
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abstract     = {Blood flow velocities can be measured using a Doppler flow wire. This numerical study evaluates the impact of a 0.014{\textacutedbl} flow wire on the measured frequencies in a straight artery with diameters of 3 mm and 4 rum. under steady and pulsatile flow conditions. Simulations were performed with the wires positioned differently in the artery (perfectly centred and at an offset of 0.5 mm from the wall) and with different types of wire (tilted and straight). Measurements were taken at range gates from 4 mm to 10 mm. During simulations using a 3-mm vessel under pulsatile flow conditions, the relative error between the measured and reference maximum frequency (occurring in absence of the wire) decreased from 17.7\% to 11.6\% (with a mean value of 14.9\%). During simulations using an off-centre 1.5 degree tilted wire. the mean error was approximately 5\%. Therefore, our study suggests that that a centrally positioned flow wire is unfavourable for measuring flow velocities.},
author       = {Hillewaert, Wim and Courtens, Kathy and McLaughlin, Myles and Wauters, Joost and Wilmer, Alexander and Bijnens, Bart and Claus, Piet and Verdonck, Pascal and Devos, Paul and Segers, Patrick},
issn         = {0301-5629},
journal      = {ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY},
keyword      = {flow wire,CFD,velocity measurements,ultrasound,BLOOD-FLOW,IN-VITRO,GUIDE-WIRE,DOPPLER,CATHETER,VALIDATION,PROFILES,ARTERY,STENOSES,DISTAL},
language     = {eng},
number       = {7},
pages        = {1025--1036},
title        = {Numerical assessment of the impact of a flow wire on its velocity measurements},
url          = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2006.03.016},
volume       = {32},
year         = {2006},
}

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Chicago
Hillewaert, Wim, Kathy Courtens, Myles McLaughlin, Joost Wauters, Alexander Wilmer, Bart Bijnens, Piet Claus, Pascal Verdonck, Paul Devos, and Patrick Segers. 2006. “Numerical Assessment of the Impact of a Flow Wire on Its Velocity Measurements.” Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology 32 (7): 1025–1036.
APA
Hillewaert, Wim, Courtens, K., McLaughlin, M., Wauters, J., Wilmer, A., Bijnens, B., Claus, P., et al. (2006). Numerical assessment of the impact of a flow wire on its velocity measurements. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 32(7), 1025–1036.
Vancouver
1.
Hillewaert W, Courtens K, McLaughlin M, Wauters J, Wilmer A, Bijnens B, et al. Numerical assessment of the impact of a flow wire on its velocity measurements. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. 2006;32(7):1025–36.
MLA
Hillewaert, Wim, Kathy Courtens, Myles McLaughlin, et al. “Numerical Assessment of the Impact of a Flow Wire on Its Velocity Measurements.” ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 32.7 (2006): 1025–1036. Print.