Abstract: A vascular assessment device includes an antenna unit and a fabric unit. The antenna unit includes a substrate, a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna spaced apart disposed on the substrate, and a circuit module disposed on the substrate. The circuit module cooperates with the transmitting antenna to emit a carrier radio wave toward a fistula of a subject, and receives, via the receiving antenna, a return wave signal formed through reflection of the carrier radio wave. The fabric unit is sleeved on the antenna unit, and includes an isolating layer adapted to be disposed between the transmitting antenna and the skin above the fistula. The fabric unit has a dielectric constant not greater than 3.
Abstract: A system for evaluating a status of a fistula of a subject includes a radio device that emits a carrier radio wave toward the fistula, and that receives a return wave signal formed through reflection of the carrier radio wave by the fistula, and an evaluating device that performs a time-frequency transform on a digitized detection signal related to the return wave signal to result in frequency spectrum information, that calculates a magnitude ratio based on the frequency spectrum information, that generates an evaluation result by using a machine learning model based on the magnitude ratio, and that outputs the evaluation result which indicates the status of the fistula.