An innovative approach for right ventricular volume calculation during right catheterization

Toumpaniaris, P; Skalkidis, I; Markatis, S; Koutsouris, D

dc.contributor.author	Toumpaniaris, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Skalkidis, I	en
dc.contributor.author	Markatis, S	en
dc.contributor.author	Koutsouris, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:52:34Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:52:34Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	16800737	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/35932
dc.subject	Right Catheterization	en
dc.subject	Right Ventricular Volume	en
dc.subject.other	Catheter surface	en
dc.subject.other	Critically-ill patients	en
dc.subject.other	Different planes	en
dc.subject.other	Innovative approaches	en
dc.subject.other	Pulmonary artery	en
dc.subject.other	Right Catheterization	en
dc.subject.other	Right ventricle	en
dc.subject.other	Right ventricular	en
dc.subject.other	Separation distances	en
dc.subject.other	Ultrasonic technology	en
dc.subject.other	Ventricular walls	en
dc.subject.other	Volume calculation	en
dc.subject.other	Biochemical engineering	en
dc.subject.other	Catheters	en
dc.subject.other	Geometry	en
dc.subject.other	Ultrasonic sensors	en
dc.subject.other	Ultrasonics	en
dc.subject.other	Medical computing	en
dc.title	An innovative approach for right ventricular volume calculation during right catheterization	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_196	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_196	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	In this paper, an innovative approach is presented for the right ventricular volume calculation during right catheterization. The right catheterization is really important in critically ill patient management. However, there is a concern about the sufficiency of outcomes from pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) which is used for right catheterization. In order to improve the reliability of the particular catheterization, the additional parameter which should be used is the volume of right ventricle chamber and it is proposed to be measured with the aid of ultrasonic technology. In order to compute the volume, five circular groups of six ultrasonic sensors are mounted along the catheter surface. Each sensor measures the distance from the corresponding vertical point on the ventricular wall forming five hexagons in five different planes. Between any two of them a polyhedron of volume V is created. The sum of the polyhedra which are formed in the cavity is equivalent to the volume of the right ventricle chamber. As this method is dependent only on the distances measured by the ultrasonic sensors and the fixed separation distance between the groups of sensors, it is expected to be a reliable method in volume calculation during catheterization. © 2010 International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering.	en
heal.journalName	IFMBE Proceedings	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/978-3-642-13039-7_196	en
dc.identifier.volume	29	en
dc.identifier.spage	776	en
dc.identifier.epage	779	en