Can simulators evaluate systematic differences between oscillometric non-invasive blood-pressure monitors?

Blood Pressure Monitoring

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-89

  Amoore, John N ^a   Scott, David H T ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure measurement; Evaluation; Non invasive blood pressure monitors; Simulators; Systematic errors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CALIBRATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OSCILLOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIMULATOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSCILLOMETRY; POSTURE; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0033936833     PISSN: 13595237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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