Perfusion (Noun)
Meaning
Pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels).
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Myocardial perfusion imaging uses small amounts of radioactive material to measure blood flow to the heart muscle.
- Researchers monitored tissue perfusion rates during the experimental trial to ensure participant safety.
- Organ perfusion technology involves the controlled delivery of a liquid through an organ's vascular network.
- By controlling local blood vessel perfusion rates, researchers studied how organs responded to varied blood pressure conditions.
- Blood perfusion imaging visualized nutrient distribution to evaluate microcirculatory functions within different tumor models.