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A new Doppler method for quantification of volumetric flow: in vivo validation using color Doppler. 1996

W Y Kim, and J K Poulsen, and K Terp, and N H Staalsen
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Skejby Sygehus, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.

OBJECTIVE This study was designed to assess the accuracy of a new Doppler method for quantification of volumetric flow in vivo. BACKGROUND Noninvasive assessment of volumetric flow through heart valves and the great vessels remains a clinical goal. We present a new method for quantification of volumetric flow based on color Doppler mapping that computes velocity vectors over a surface normal to the point of scanning. This Doppler technique assumes only the incompressibility of the fluid. The method is basically independent of the angle of incidence between the ultrasound beam and the direction of blood flow and includes variations of flow area. METHODS The color Doppler method was tested in seven anesthetized pigs by measuring pulmonary volumetric flows using multiplane Doppler echocardiography. The results were compared with those obtained by the thermodilution technique. In addition, volumetric flows across the mitral valve were determined in 10 normal volunteers by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography and compared with flows obtained with velocity-encoded magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). RESULTS The mean value of the differences between the thermodilution technique and color Doppler were -0.16 +/- 0.94 liter/min for pulmonary volumetric flows (mean value of differences for [Thermodilution-Color Doppler] +/- 2 SD of differences). The mean value of the differences between MRI and color Doppler were 0.21 +/- 0.83 liter/min for mitral valvular volumetric flows (mean value of differences for [MRI-Color Doppler] +/- 2 SD of differences). CONCLUSIONS The method showed close agreement with thermodilution and MRI for assessment of volumetric flow in vivo. It is therefore a noninvasive method with potential applications for cardiac output measurement and for quantification of volumetric flow of valvular insufficiency and restrictive lesions.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D008432 Mathematical Computing Computer-assisted interpretation and analysis of various mathematical functions related to a particular problem. Statistical Computing,Computing, Statistical,Mathematic Computing,Statistical Programs, Computer Based,Computing, Mathematic,Computing, Mathematical,Computings, Mathematic,Computings, Mathematical,Computings, Statistical,Mathematic Computings,Mathematical Computings,Statistical Computings
D008943 Mitral Valve The valve between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart. Bicuspid Valve,Bicuspid Valves,Mitral Valves,Valve, Bicuspid,Valve, Mitral,Valves, Bicuspid,Valves, Mitral
D011651 Pulmonary Artery The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D012016 Reference Values The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality. Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D001783 Blood Flow Velocity A value equal to the total volume flow divided by the cross-sectional area of the vascular bed. Blood Flow Velocities,Flow Velocities, Blood,Flow Velocity, Blood,Velocities, Blood Flow,Velocity, Blood Flow
D002302 Cardiac Output The volume of BLOOD passing through the HEART per unit of time. It is usually expressed as liters (volume) per minute so as not to be confused with STROKE VOLUME (volume per beat). Cardiac Outputs,Output, Cardiac,Outputs, Cardiac
D003627 Data Interpretation, Statistical Application of statistical procedures to analyze specific observed or assumed facts from a particular study. Data Analysis, Statistical,Data Interpretations, Statistical,Interpretation, Statistical Data,Statistical Data Analysis,Statistical Data Interpretation,Analyses, Statistical Data,Analysis, Statistical Data,Data Analyses, Statistical,Interpretations, Statistical Data,Statistical Data Analyses,Statistical Data Interpretations
D005260 Female Females

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