CPC A61B 8/06 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4227 (2013.01); A61B 8/4236 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/488 (2013.01); A61B 8/5223 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/0891 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A system for monitoring blood flow in a patient, the system comprising:
a single-element disc-shaped ultrasound transducer for fastening to the patient; and
a controller subsystem configured to:
control the ultrasound transducer to transmit a series of plane-wave pulses into the patient in a propagation direction;
sample reflections of the plane-wave pulses, received at the ultrasound transducer, from a region within the patient, to generate pulse-Doppler response signals; and
process the pulse-Doppler response signals to calculate a blood flow curve for waveform analysis.
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