Perfusion
Status | Exists in SNOMED |
Category | Brain Perfusion |
Common Name | Perfusion |
Label | None |
Description | Perfusion is measured as the rate at which blood is delivered to tissue, or volume of blood per unit time (blood flow) per unit tissue mass. |
Background | Passage of fluid through the circulatory system to an organ or tissue. The word is derived from the French verb “perfuser” meaning to “pour over or through”. |
Devices | Bowman Perfusion Monitor |
Units | mL/min/g |
Metadata | Blood flow volume, Temperature |