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J Appl Physiol 64: 1279-1284, 1988;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 64, Issue 3 1279-1284, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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A continuous noncontact method for measuring in situ vascular diameter with a video camera

L. B. Bell, F. A. Hopp, J. L. Seagard, H. F. Van Brederode and J. P. Kampine
Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226.

A new, continuous, on-line, video diameter-measuring technique, utilizing a video camera mounted on the sidearm of a stereo microscope, is described. Vessel diameter is derived from changes in the video output signal of the camera or a video recorder when the vessel of interest is displayed horizontally on a monitor and well contrasted with its background. A comparator threshold is set on the filtered video output signal and generates an output pulse that is used to gate horizontal video sync pulses to a digital counter-timer. The number of pulses counted for each video field (no. of horizontal video lines) is proportional to the vessel diameter. The video-derived diameter is calibrated using known standards and correlates well with sonomicrometer-derived diameters of the carotid artery and jugular vein during increasing pressure ramps (r greater than 0.999). The diameter update rate is 60 Hz, and the resolution of the system is one horizontal video line, independent of the vessel size. With suitable magnification and contrast both arteries and veins as small as 200 micron have been measured using this system.


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