Noninvasive and cuffless measurements of blood pressure for telemedicine

Author

Chan, K.W. ; Hung, K. ; Zhang, Y.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3592

Abstract

Presents a new method for obtaining blood pressure readings noninvasively with telemedicine application. Through the pulse transit time technique, the systolic, diastolic, and mean blood pressures can be predicted using the time interval between the electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmography (PPG). The data can then be relayed to the Internet for analysis and viewing. The wireless application protocol (WAP) is used for displaying the information on portable wireless devices. The subjects´ cardiovascular condition can thus be obtained for monitoring or pre-diagnosis purposes.

Keywords

blood pressure measurement; cardiovascular system; cellular radio; electrocardiography; plethysmography; telemedicine; Internet; WAP phone; blood pressure; cardiovascular condition; cuffless measurements; diastolic blood pressures; electrocardiogram; mean blood pressures; monitoring; noninvasive measurements; photoplethysmography; portable wireless devices; pre-diagnosis purposes; pulse transit time technique; systolic blood pressures; telemedicine; time interval; wireless application protocol; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Cardiology; Condition monitoring; Electrocardiography; Internet; Pressure measurement; Relays; Telemedicine; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2001. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7211-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2001.1019611

Filename

1019611