A simple, cost effective, and noninvasive blood perfusion system is tested in animal models. The system uses a small sensor to measure the heat transfer response to a thermal event (convective cooling) imposed on the tissue surface. Heat flux data are compared with a mathematical model of the tissue to estimate both blood perfusion and thermal contact resistance between the tissue and the probe. The perfusion system was evaluated for repeatability and sensitivity using isolated rat liver and exposed rat kidney tests. Perfusion in the isolated liver tests was varied by controlling the flow of the perfusate into the liver, and the perfusion in the exposed kidney tests was varied by temporarily occluding blood flow through the renal artery and vein. The perfusion estimated by the convective perfusion probe was in good agreement with that of the metered flow of the perfusate into the liver model. The liver tests indicated that the probe can be used to detect small changes in perfusion (0.005 ml/ml/s). The probe qualitatively tracked the changes in the perfusion in the kidney model due to occlusion of the renal artery and vein.
Issue Section:
Research Papers
Keywords:
biothermics,
contact resistance,
haemodynamics,
heat transfer,
kidney,
liver,
patient diagnosis,
blood flow,
perfusion measurement,
sensors
Topics:
Biological tissues,
Blood,
Heat flux,
Kidney,
Liver,
Probes,
Sensors,
Contact resistance,
Temperature,
Flow (Dynamics),
Blood flow
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