Indicator for hydration balance during haemodialysis based on anisotropic FEM
M Freiberger1, P Brunner, M Mayer
1Insitute of Medical Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria. manuel.freiberger@TUGraz.at
Abstract:
The current paper proposes a new indicator for well-balanced dehydration of patients undergoing a haemodialysis. It is based on an estimator for the extra-cellular volume and the ultrafiltration rate. The extra-cellular fluid was computed from continuous tetrapolar bio-impedance measurements taken on the lower leg in a frequency range of several kilohertz up to 500 kHz. Finite element simulations on different leg models with anisotropic conductivities calculated with Cole models were carried out in order to incorporate the significant anisotropy of human tissue into the estimation process. The indicator was tested on measurement data gathered from 25 persons during 150 haemodialysis sessions. Its performance was determined by computing ROC curves. Results of the data analysis are reported.
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