Instruments and methods for calibration of oscillometric blood pressure measurement devices

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2391-2404

  Balestrieri, Eulalia ^a   Rapuano, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood pressure (BP); calibration; noninvasive measurement; oscillometric method; simulators; standardization

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; HIGH COSTS; NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; OBJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; OSCILLOMETRIC METHOD; TIME-CONSUMING PROCESS;

BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALIBRATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS;

MEASUREMENTS;

EID: 77955713153     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2010.2050978     Document Type: Article

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