Blood pressure estimation system using human body communication-based electrocardiograph and photoplethysmography

Healthcare Technology Letters

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Yusuke Sawatari¹  Jianqing Wang¹  Daisuke Anzai¹ 

[1] Nagoya Institute of Technology

关键词: medical signal processing;    electrocardiography;    blood;    blood pressure measurement;    photoplethysmography;    synchronisation;    correlation coefficient;    root mean square error;    automatic synchronisation;    R-wave;    pulse arrive time;    low-load cuffless blood pressure measurement;    continuous blood pressure estimation;    cuffless blood pressure estimation;    measured electrocardiograph;    pulse wave signals;    time period;    systolic blood pressure;    reflectance photoplethysmography;    human body communication-based wearable electrocardiograph;    continuous blood pressure measurement;    blood pressure estimation system;   

DOI  :  10.1049/htl.2019.0105

学科分类：肠胃与肝脏病学

来源: Wiley

【 摘 要 】

In order to realise low-load cuffless and continuous blood pressure measurement in daily life, the authors developed a blood pressure estimation system combining human body communication-based wearable electrocardiograph and reflectance photoplethysmography. The principle is based on a relationship between the pulse arrive time and the systolic blood pressure. The pulse arrive time is the time period between the R-wave in electrocardiograph and peak of pulse wave. The greatest feature is the use of a human body communication-based electrocardiograph which can provide automatic synchronisation in time between the measured electrocardiograph and pulse wave signals to obtain the pulse arrive time so that no additional synchronisation circuit is required. Using this system, the authors measured the pulse arrive time from the electrocardiograph and pulse wave signals in real time, estimated the systolic blood pressure and compared the result with that measured by a cuff sphygmomanometer. The authors found that the root mean square error of the estimated blood pressure and the actual value measured using the cuff sphygmomanometer was 4.5 mmHg or less, and the correlation coefficient was >0.6 with a P value much <0.05. These results show the validity of the developed system for cuffless and continuous blood pressure estimation.

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