Title
A computer simulation model for Doppler ultrasound signals from pulsatile blood flow in stenosed vessels.
Abstract
A computer simulation model based on an analytic flow velocity distribution is proposed to generate Doppler ultrasound signals from pulsatile blood flow in the vessels with various stenosis degrees. The model takes into account the velocity field from pulsatile blood flow in the stenosed vessels, sample volume shape and acoustic factors that affect the Doppler signals. By analytically solving the Navier-Stokes equations, the velocity distributions of pulsatile blood flow in the vessels with various stenosis degrees are firstly calculated according to the velocity at the axis of the circular tube. Secondly, power spectral density (PSD) of the Doppler signals is estimated by summing the contribution of all scatterers passing through the sample volume grouped into elemental volumes. Finally, Doppler signals are generated using cosine-superposed components that are modulated by the PSD functions that vary over the cardiac cycle. The results show that the model generates Doppler blood flow signals with characteristics similar to those found in practice. It could be concluded that the proposed approach offers the advantages of computational simplicity and practicality for simulating Doppler ultrasound signals from pulsatile blood flow in stenosed vessels.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.compbiomed.2012.07.002
Comp. in Bio. and Med.
Keywords
Field
DocType
velocity distribution,doppler signal,analytic flow velocity distribution,stenosed vessel,simulating doppler ultrasound signal,doppler blood flow signal,pulsatile blood flow,computer simulation model,doppler ultrasound signal,velocity field,various stenosis degree
Biomedical engineering,Computer vision,Pulsatile flow,Computer science,Stenosis,Doppler ultrasound,Artificial intelligence,Flow velocity,Pulsatile blood flow
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
42
9
1879-0534
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.61
1
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lian Gao153.44
Yufeng Zhang211730.05
Kexin Zhang385.08
Guanghui Cai430.61
Junhua Zhang5376.68
xinling shi67415.34