A model-based calibration method for the design of wearable and cuffless devices measuring arterial blood pressure.

Liu, Yinbo. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-79). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract --- p.i ; List of Figures --- p.iv ; List of Tables --- p.viii ; Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- Current status of Blood Pressure Management --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Current Status of Noninvasive Blood Pressure Measurement Techniques --- p.4 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Motivations and Objectives of This Thesis --- p.9 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of This Thesis --- p.9 ; Backgrounds --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.1 --- Principle of the Pulse Transit Time-based Approach for BP Measurement --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- General Descriptions --- p.11 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- Pressure Wave Propagation in Cylindrical Arteries --- p.13 ; Chapter 2.1.3 --- Determining the PTT for BP Measurement --- p.14 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Backgrounds for Pressure Related Elastic Properties of Artery --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Transmural Pressure and Its Components --- p.17 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Volume-pressure Models --- p.19 ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- Types and Structure of the Artery and Its Properties --- p.20 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Literature Review on the Calibration Methods for Cuffless Blood Pressure Measurements --- p.22 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Section Summary --- p.25 ; Investigations on Factors Affecting PTT or BP --- p.26 ; Chapter 3.1 --- The Effects of External Pressure --- p.26 ; Chapter 3.1.1 --- Background --- p.26 ; Chapter 3.1.2 --- Experimental protocol --- p.28 ; Chapter 3.1.3 --- Analysis for the Effects of External Pressure on PTT --- p.30 ; Chapter 3.1.4 --- Section Discussions --- p.31 ; Chapter 3.2 --- The Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure --- p.32 ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- Experimental protocol --- p.33 ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- Analysis for the Effects of Hydrostatic Pressure on PTT --- p.34 ; Chapter 3.2.3 --- Section Discussions --- p.37 ; Chapter 3.2.4 --- Section Summary --- p.38 ; Modeling the Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on PTT for A Calibration Method --- p.39 ; Chapter 4.1 --- ...