Display of spatially-registered Doppler spectral waveforms and three-dimensional vein graft geometry

Ultrasound Med Biol. 2005 Oct;31(10):1317-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2005.06.007.

Abstract

A method has been developed to display Doppler spectral waveforms in lower extremity vein grafts in conjunction with 3-D vessel geometry. Doppler spectral waveforms and cross-sectional images of the vein graft are collected with a custom 3-D ultrasound imaging system. Computer processing generates a display of the Doppler sample volumes registered in 3-D space with a surface reconstruction of the vein graft lumen. An interactive computer interface displays spectral waveforms at user-selected sites in the graft. Summary displays combining spectral waveforms, maximum velocity and cross-sectional area provide a pictorial record of the state of the vein graft along its full length. The method is demonstrated for two patient studies, each at two time points after graft revisions. The graphic display of both hemodynamics and geometry allows rapid assessment of vein graft changes over time.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery
  • Blood Flow Velocity
  • Femoral Artery / surgery
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Regional Blood Flow
  • Reoperation
  • Saphenous Vein / diagnostic imaging*
  • Saphenous Vein / surgery
  • Saphenous Vein / transplantation
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex*