Sympathetically induced spontaneous fluctuations of the photoplethysmographic signal

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 80-85

  Khanokh, B ^a   Slovik, Y ^b   Landau, D ^c   Nitzan, Meir ^a  

^a JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Jerusalem District Ophthalmic Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autonomic regulation; Haemodynamics; Photoplethysmography; Sympathetic nervous system; Variability

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CORRELATION METHODS; FREQUENCIES; SIGNALING;

ARTERIAL WALLS; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHIC SIGNALS;

NEUROLOGY;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD VOLUME; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FOOT; GENDER; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BLOOD VOLUME; FINGERS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PULSE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TOES;

EID: 1042268836     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02351014     Document Type: Article

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