An evaluation of the cuffless blood pressure estimation based on pulse transit time technique: A half year study on normotensive subjects

Cardiovascular Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-38

  Wong, Mico Yee Man ^a   Poon, Carmen Chung Yan ^a   Zhang, Yuan Ting ^a,b,c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHENZHEN INSTITUTES OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cuffless; Pulse transit time; Repeatability test

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PULSE RATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD CIRCULATION TIME; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349123710     PISSN: 15678822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10558-009-9070-7     Document Type: Article

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