| dc.contributor.advisor | León-Salas, Walter D. (Walter Daniel) | eng |
| dc.contributor.author | Timpson, Erik Joseph | eng |
| dc.date.issued | 2012-01-17 | eng |
| dc.date.submitted | 2011 Fall | eng |
| dc.description | Title from PDF of title page, viewed on January 17, 2012 | eng |
| dc.description | Thesis advisor: Walter D. Leó³n-Salas | eng |
| dc.description | Vita | eng |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographic references (p. 65-66) | eng |
| dc.description | Thesis (M.S.)--School of Computing and Engineering. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011 | eng |
| dc.description.abstract | A testbed for flow meters was built and validated. The testbed targeted intravascular
pressure and flow monitoring applications. The testbed consists of a data acquisition system
and two MEMS pressure sensors (SM5108). For simplicity the evaluation of the testbed was
performed using air flow. Air was pumped across a simulated blockage and pressure was
built up to intravascular pressure ranges (35 to 230 mmHg). The base fractional flow rate
(FFR) equation was used to calculate flow, hinting that the SM5108 pressure sensors can
become part of an implantable flow meter. In addition, small and flexible RFID coil
antennas were designed, built and tested. Measurements show that enough power can be
collected by the coil antennas to power a microchip. | eng |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | Introduction -- Background -- The designed and identified solution -- Uncertainty analysis -- Future work -- Summary and concluding remarks -- Appendix | eng |
| dc.format.extent | x, 68 pages | eng |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10355/12471 | eng |
| dc.publisher | University of Missouri--Kansas City | eng |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Blood flow -- Measurement | eng |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Radio frequency identification systems | eng |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Microelectromechanical systems | eng |
| dc.subject.other | Thesis -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Engineering | eng |
| dc.title | Experimental evaluation of intravascular flow meter and miniature RFID antennas using MEMS pressure sensors and flexible PCD techniques | eng |
| dc.type | Thesis | eng |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Electrical Engineering (UMKC) | eng |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of Missouri--Kansas City | eng |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | eng |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | eng |
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