A proof-of-concept real-time processing to characterize vascular flow

In dialysis patients, monitoring vascular flow of the surgically created arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is critical to indicate the success of the AVF as a dialysis access site. Current gold standard to quantify vascular flow involves external doppler evaluation which requires frequent visits to the cl...

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Main Authors: Shah, Sahil, Toreyin, Hakan, Noyan, Utku, Lee, Yoo Jin
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Embedded computing
Hardware
Impedance
Patient monitoring
Personnel
Real-time systems
Surgery
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Summary:In dialysis patients, monitoring vascular flow of the surgically created arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is critical to indicate the success of the AVF as a dialysis access site. Current gold standard to quantify vascular flow involves external doppler evaluation which requires frequent visits to the clinic. In this paper, we present a proof-of-concept cost-efficient vascular flow monitoring system towards a wearable and robust blood flow monitoring system. The proposed system captures beat-to-beat blood flow from impedance plethysmography (IPG) signal and performs embedded computing to robustly map the changes in the IPG to peripheral blood flow. We present the proof-of-concept results for the embedded real-time blood flow computing from measurements obtained using a custom electrical bioimpedance hardware presented previously elsewhere. We anticipate the results serving as the first step towards potentially eliminating the need for using expensive and bulky systems that require specialized personnel to operate for peripheral blood flow monitoring. Clinical relevance-The study paves the way to engineering a ubiquitous blood flow monitoring system for patients who have a surgically created Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) for dialysis vascular access.
ISSN:2694-0604
DOI:10.1109/EMBC48229.2022.9871424