Title :
A hydrostatic pressure approach to assess accuracy of finger blood pressure measurement
Author :
Raamat, Rein ; Jagomagi, Kersti ; Talts, Jaak ; Kivastik, Jana
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Physiol., Univ. of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Abstract :
We studied the feasibility of application of consecutive hydrostatic pressure changes to assess accuracy of measurement of finger blood pressure changes in 11 normal volunteers. The results demonstrated that specific physiological responses to hand postural changes were small in healthy subjects and the consecutive hydrostatic pressure changes of controlled magnitude can be applied to assess accuracy of finger blood pressure measurement. As a calibration checking tool the proposed method may be helpful for cardiovascular diagnostics.
Keywords :
blood pressure measurement; calibration; cardiovascular system; patient diagnosis; accuracy assessment; calibration checking tool; cardiovascular diagnostics; finger blood pressure measurement; hand postural changes; hydrostatic pressure approach; physiological responses; signal processing; Blood pressure; Fingers; Pressure measurement; Cardiovascular; accuracy; finger blood pressure; hydrostatic;
Conference_Titel :
Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine, 2009. ITAB 2009. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Larnaca
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5379-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5379-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITAB.2009.5394356
