Assessment of the Repeatability and Sensitivity of the Thermoelectric Perfusion Probe

dc.contributor.authorEllis, Brent Earlen
dc.contributor.committeecochairScott, Elaine P.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairDiller, Thomas E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberLanz, Otto I.en
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:50:30Zen
dc.date.adate2007-03-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:50:30Zen
dc.date.issued2006-12-06en
dc.date.rdate2010-10-27en
dc.date.sdate2006-12-20en
dc.description.abstractThe Thermoelectric Perfusion Probe is a completely electronic system that cyclically heats and cools tissue to measure blood perfusion. The probe produces the thermal event with a thermoelectric cooler and then measures the resulting heat flux and temperatures: the arterial temperature and the sensor temperature (the temperature between the heat flux gage and the skin). The Thermoelectric Perfusion Probe was validated and calibrated on a phantom tissue test stand, a system that simulates perfusion with known, controlled flow. With the new pressed sensor technology, a thermocouple sealed to a heat flux gage, the sensor temperature and the heat flux are simultaneously recorded. The pressed sensor tests validated the program used to predict perfusion for the Thermoelectric Perfusion Probe. This perfusion estimation program can determine the tissues perfusion regardless of how the thermal event is created (i.e. convective cooling, convective heating, conductive heating). Based on experimentation, the Thermoelectric Perfusion Probe displays good repeatability and sensitivity for continuously measuring perfusion. The sensitivity and repeatability of the Thermoelectric Perfusion Probe was proven when the perfusion estimates were compared to the perfusion estimates predicted by the Convective Perfusion Probe, a previously validated perfusion probe, and the CFD Flow Model, a computational model of the phantom tissue test stand.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12202006-123743en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12202006-123743/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/36336en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartmythesisappendix9.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectblood perfusionen
dc.subjectthermal diffusion probeen
dc.subjecttissue phantomen
dc.subjectfinite differenceen
dc.titleAssessment of the Repeatability and Sensitivity of the Thermoelectric Perfusion Probeen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineMechanical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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