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Abstract

An ultrasonic Doppler blood flowmeter measures the velocity of blood flow at an arbitrary position of the body of a subject by making use of Doppler shift of an ultrasonic echo signal. The echo signal including Doppler shift from the blood flow of the body is detected in phase on the basis of standard reference signal, and the distance to an intended position is extracted from the phase detected signal and is integrated, and the direct-current component or ultralow frequency component of the Doppler shift signal obtained from the integrator is fed back negatively to the integrator. As a result, the echo signal components of the body tissues are removed, and the frequency of blood flow only can be analyzed, so that an accurate blood flow information may be obtained.

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