Bends: detection of circulating gas emboli with external sensor.
Circulating gas emboli associated with rapid decompression are detectable in superficial vessels of animals by the use of an ultrasonic Doppler flowmeter transducer which is applied externally.
D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000150:complications*; D004285:Dogs; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006041:Goats; D007601:Jugular Veins; D008722:Methods; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D013552:Swine; D014159:Transducers; D014465:Ultrasonics