Current methods of postoperative monitoring in microvascular free tissue transfer often prove inadequate in circumstances when complications arise. Acknowledging the room for improvement, a novel system for remote and continuous monitoring of temperature and Doppler ultrasound signals was developed. The system collects data from the transferred tissue, analyzes the data using novel signal-processing algorithms, and wirelessly uploads the results to a secure remote server. Data collected from healthy subjects in a controlled study as well as from a patient recovering from a bilateral breast reconstruction indicate the novel algorithms are capable of detecting arterial and/or venous occlusion from the recorded Doppler ultrasound signal.

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Creator

• Stolarczyk, Rebecca Ann
• Giaya, Dennis

Contributori

• Dowlatshahi, Samandar
• Dunn, Raymond

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042816-140819

Award

• Provost's MQP Award

Advisor

• Mendelson, Yitzhak

Year

• 2016

Sponsor

• UMass

Date created

• 2016-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Ultima modifica

• 2023-10-09