DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Prior to dialysis vascular access failure (thrombosis), blood flow decreases from a baseline value to zero over some unknown time period. While the natural history and variation of flow prior to access failure is poorlyunderstood, it is known that customary… More
DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal describes a novel, low-cost, high-performance hand-held Doppler ultrasound imaging system to meet the clinical needs from simple vessel location to advanced vascular diagnostic techniques such as elasticity imaging. This research proposal integrates… More