Abstract
Intracranial aneurysms have a high prevalence in the adult population; and if they rupture, significant morbidity almost always ensues. However, pulsatile blood flow through aneurysms produces vibrational sound patterns that may be detected extracranially. Thus, an acoustic aneurysm-detector has been developed to detect the sounds produced by intracranial aneurysms prior to rupture. The design is based on the utilization of a hydrophone for signal detection and computational signal processing for signal extraction. Data are examined in the time domain, the frequency domain, and the time-frequency plane. Examples are presented from an animal model and from a patient with a known aneurysm.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 317-322 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Medical Instrumentation |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - Dec 1987 |