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Blood Velocity telemetered from Untethered Animals

Nature volume 203, pages 528–530 (1964)Cite this article

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THE magnitude of the change in frequency of sound back-scattered in moving blood is a measure of the velocity of the blood1,2. We have used this principle to design a system for telemetry of blood flow information from the major vessels of healthy, active, totally unrestrained animals.

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  1. Franklin, D. L., Schlegel, W. L., and Rushmer, R. F., Science, 134, 564 (1961).

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  1. Institute for Cardio-Pulmonary Diseases, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

    DEAN L. FRANKLIN

  2. Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

    NOLAN W. WATSON & ROBERT L. VAN CITTERS

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FRANKLIN, D., WATSON, N. & VAN CITTERS, R. Blood Velocity telemetered from Untethered Animals. Nature 203, 528–530 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/203528a0

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