Review: Theory and applications of the harmonic analysis of arterial pressure pulse waves

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 125-131

  Lin Wang, Yuh Ying ^a,b   Hsu, Tse Lin ^b   Jan, Ming Yie ^b   Wang, Wei Kung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blood distribution; Chinese medicine; Pulse

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL PRESSURES; ARTERIAL SYSTEMS; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINES; EXPERIMENTAL WORKS; HARMONIC SPECTRUM; HEALTH CONDITION; MATCHING CONDITION; PRESSURE PULSE; PULSE; PULSE WAVE; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS;

BLOOD; FOURIER SERIES; MEDICINE;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATENOLOL; BAI WEI DIHUANG; CHINESE DRUG; DILEVALOL; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; ISRADIPINE; LIUWEIDIHUANG TANG; LOSARTAN; RAMIPRIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASOPRESSIN; XIAO JIAN ZHONG TANG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; COFFEE; DYING; ENERGY RESOURCE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LIVER TOXICITY; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; SPLEEN; TEA; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77956462814     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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