Research Article

Multiple-Site Hemodynamic Analysis of Doppler Ultrasound with an Adaptive Color Relation Classifier for Arteriovenous Access Occlusion Evaluation

Table 1

The results of velocity measurements.

DOS/average velocityMeasurement site
Arterial anastomosis site (A)Loop site (L)Venous anastomosis site (V)

<0.30 (12)
(cm/sec)103.20 ± 18.3564.60 ± 28.0582.56 ± 25.30
(cm/sec)37.00 ± 10.8028.83 ± 16.6135.43 ± 17.37
(mmHg)4.26 ± 0.131.67 ± 0.312.72 ± 0.26
0.30~0.50 (11)
(cm/sec)106.70 ± 28.8054.91 ± 21.5477.79 ± 18.54
(cm/sec)35.49 ± 19.9616.61 ± 8.6929.87 ± 15.81
(mmHg)4.55 ± 0.331.21 ± 0.192.42 ± 0.14
>0.50 (7)
(cm/sec)72.21 ± 40.5825.61 ± 9.6266.03 ± 42.12
(cm/sec)17.84 ± 8.77.86 ± 3.8414.92 ± 14.19
(mmHg)2.09 ± 0.660.26 ± 0.041.74 ± 0.71

Note: the pressure drop, (mmHg), can be related to the velocity, (m/sec), and is defined by [26].