Patent ID: 11963818
Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 4:
5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the following steps:
selecting a time instant of interest (tpeak) in said at least one cardiac cycle;
obtaining a spatial distribution of velocity in said time instant (tpeak) of interest, or instantaneous distribution of the velocity;
identifying a maximum value (VMAX) and a minimum value (VMIN) of the instantaneous distribution of the velocity; and
calculating a turbulence index (TI) relationship between the maximum value (VMAX) and the minimum value (VMIN) according to the following formula:, T
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