Conversion of umbilical arterial Doppler waveforms to cardiac cycle triggering signals: a preparatory study for online motion-gated three-dimensional fetal echocardiography.
Ultrasound Med Biol
; 27(1): 51-9, 2001 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
To remove motion artefacts, a device was built to convert "noisy" umbilical arterial Doppler waveforms (UADWs) from an ultrasound (US) system into sharp ECG R-wave-like cardiac cycle triggering signals (CCTSs). These CCTSs were then used to gate a simultaneous (online) 3-D acquisition of sectional fetal echocardiograms from another US system. To test the conversion performance, a study was carried out in sheep fetal twins. Pulmonary arterial flow waveforms (PAFWs) from implanted probes were traced, in the meantime, to determine the reference cardiac cycle. Interference caused by running the two nonsynchronised US systems was controlled to three degrees (not-noticeable, moderate, and severe), together with high (> or = 40 cm/s) and low (< 40) flow velocities on UADWs. The conversion efficiency, assessed by the percentage of UADWs converted into CCTSs, was in the range of 83% to 100% for not-noticeable and moderate interference, and 0% to 71% for severe interference. The triggering accuracy, assessed by [(time lag mean between the onsets of PAFWs and corresponding CCTSs) -- (its 99% confidence level)] / the mean, was 90% to 96% for the not-noticeable interference high- and low-flow groups and for the moderate interference high-flow group; 19% to 93% for the moderate interference low-flow group; and from not obtainable up to 90% for the severe interference groups. The results show that UADWs can be used as a satisfactory online motion-gating source even in the presence of moderate interference. The major problems are from severe interference or moderate interference with low-flow velocity, which can be minimised/eliminated by the integration of the individual systems involved.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Arterias Umbilicales
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Ultrasonografía Prenatal
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Ecocardiografía Tridimensional
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Pregnancy
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En
Año:
2001
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Article