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Application and In situ calibration of a pulsed-doppler flowmeter for blood flow measurement in crustaceans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

C.N. Airriess ,
B.R. McMahon ,
I.J. McGaw  and
G.B. Bourne
C.N. Airriess
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500University Drive N.W., Calgary AB, T2N 1N4, Canada, and Bamfield Marine Station, Bamfield BC, VOR 1B0, Canada
B.R. McMahon
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500University Drive N.W., Calgary AB, T2N 1N4, Canada, and Bamfield Marine Station, Bamfield BC, VOR 1B0, Canada
I.J. McGaw
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500University Drive N.W., Calgary AB, T2N 1N4, Canada, and Bamfield Marine Station, Bamfield BC, VOR 1B0, Canada
G.B. Bourne
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500University Drive N.W., Calgary AB, T2N 1N4, Canada, and Bamfield Marine Station, Bamfield BC, VOR 1B0, Canada
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Abstract

The pulsed-Doppler flowmeter permits continuous, non-invasive measurement of blood flow through several arteries simultaneously. Summation of volume flow rates through all arteries leaving the heart allows determination of cardiac output, stroke volume, and the percentage of cardiac output delivered to each region of the body. The use of this system for investigating changes in arterial perfusion as well as its calibration in situ are described.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , May 1994 , pp. 455 - 458
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1994

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