Implementing in reconfigurable hardware the control logic of a TTFM ultrasonic system for cardiovascular flow-metering

• Published in: 2011 Pan American Health Care Exchanges pp. 391 - 395
• Main Authors: Torres, D, Jimenez, A, Moreno, E, Carrillo, E, Leija, L, Ramos, A, Vera, A
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-03-2011
• Subjects: Advanced digital design; blood flow; Conferences; control signals; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; IEEE catalog; Irrigation; Medical services; real time; Transit Time; Ultrasonic variables measurement
• ISBN: 9781612849157; 1612849156
• ISSN: 2327-8161
• DOI: 10.1109/PAHCE.2011.5871935

In this work, advanced digital design techniques are used to implement the generation of signals for control and synchronism of an ultrasonic system employed in the flow detection technique known as Transit Time Flow Measurement (TTFM), for the estimation of blood flow in coronary revascularization surgeries. The control logic is implemented using hardware description language and it gives the system reconfigurable features in real-time. Its design is verified and finally, the Intellectual Property Module is obtained. Then, an ultrasonic embedded system to measure blood flow in vessels can be obtained. This work is part of the CYTED multinational project "Ultrasonic and Computational Systems for Cardiovascular Diagnostics" (SUCoDiC), the first Consortium Project of the Ibero-American Program CYTED.