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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2021
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Luuk Anton Eli Maria Van Knippenberg, Eindhoven, NL;
Johannes Antonius Van Rooij, Best, NL;
Krishnamoorthy Palanisamy, Bangalore, IN;
Sergei Y. Shulepov, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method is provided for estimating blood velocity in vessel, for example for use in deriving a measure of blood flow through the vessel. The method comprises two stages. In a first stage, multiple measurements of blood velocity are acquired, using ultrasound data, at different radial positions across a blood vessel cross-section. A velocity profile is determined (velocity as a function of measurement location across the vessel cross-section) based on this. In a second stage, in one or more subsequent cardiac cycles, new ultrasound data is acquired and a blood velocity measurement acquired at a single location. The single blood velocity measurement preferably corresponds to a location of maximum velocity. This single measurement, in combination with the personalized velocity profile already derived, is used to derive a measure of average blood velocity within the vessel.