Article Dans Une Revue IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Année : 2020

Flow rate and low hematocrit measurements for in-vitro blood processing with Doppler ultrasound

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In-vitro techniques for processing of flowing blood and its components have recently emerged from microfluidics. The blood flow rate and hematocrit are two keys parameters to monitor for guaranteeing the reliability of these techniques. But, there is a lack of monitoring methods adapted to low flow rates and small tubing. In this study, we exploit minimization approaches of continuous Doppler measurements to survey blood flow rate. Combined with a packing factor model, we also estimate hematocrit from the Doppler spectrum. The presented method is implemented with a CW Doppler probe mounted on a 3D-printed support. Accuracy of flow rate was measured in a range from 0.5mL/min to 1.5mL/min. For each of 4 different blood bags, hematocrit in a range under 8% was estimated from Doppler spectrum using a packing factor model derived from the other three bags. Flow rate estimation shows a mean measurement error under 3% for a measurement time of 2s. The mean error is still under 5% for a measurement time of 0.5s. Hematocrit estimation for the 4 blood bags shows errors of 1.4, 1.1, 0.67 and 0.70 %Hct for a measurement time of 5s. The versatility and simplicity of the method make it highly valuable for in-vitro blood processing, in particular for low hematocrit blood fractionation techniques derived from microfluidics, as it can be performed through sterile tubing.

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hal-03047327 , version 1 (08-12-2020)

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Baptiste Pialot, Jeremie Gachelin, Tanter Mickael, Jean Provost, Olivier Couture. Flow rate and low hematocrit measurements for in-vitro blood processing with Doppler ultrasound. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 2020, 67 (7), pp.1293-1302. ⟨10.1109/TUFFC.2020.2969080⟩. ⟨hal-03047327⟩
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