A method for the calculation of blood flow in human digital arteries.
The assessment of digital artery blood flow in human beings would ideally be noninvasive and accurate. The transcutaneous use of a high-resolution 20 MHz ultrasonic pulsed Doppler provides information about average blood velocities, vessel lumen diameters, and velocity profiles in small vessels. These data are used in calculations which quantitate blood flow in human digital arteries.
D000792:Angiography; D001158:Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D001314:Auscultation / Q000295:instrumentation; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D004301:Doppler Effect; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D010992:Plethysmography, Impedance / Q000379:methods*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000295:instrumentation; D014463:Ultrasonography