Design and evaluation of a handheld impedance plethysmograph for measuring heart rate variability

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 516-521

  Kristiansen, N K ^a   Fleischer, J ^a   Jensen, M S ^a   Andersen, K S ^b   Nygaard, Hans ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ECG; Impedance plethysmography; Short term heart rate variablity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CORRELATION METHODS; DESIGN; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; HAND HELD COMPUTERS;

BIOLOGICAL VARIATION; CORRELATION ALGORITHM; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SHORT TERM HEART RATE VARIABILITY;

PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PULSE WAVE; RADIAL ARTERY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 27744500272     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02344734     Document Type: Article

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