Pulse transit time technique for cuffl ess unobtrusive blood pressure measurement: from theory to algorithm
10.1007/s13534-019-00096-x
- Author:
Xiaorong DING
1
;
Yuan Ting ZHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. xiaorong.ding@eng.ox.ac.uk
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Pulse transit time;
Cuffl ess blood pressure;
Physiological regulation;
Relationship;
Models
- MeSH:
Blood Pressure;
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Hypertension;
Pulse Wave Analysis
- From:
Biomedical Engineering Letters
2019;9(1):37-52
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Cuffless technique holds great promise to measure blood pressure (BP) in an unobtrusive way, improving diagnostics and monitoring of hypertension and its related cardiovascular diseases, and maximizing the independence and participation of individual. Pulse transit time (PTT) has been the most commonly employed techniques for cuffl ess BP estimation. Many studies have been conducted to explore its feasibility and validate its performance in the clinical settings. However, there is still issues and challenges ahead before its wide application. This review will investigate the understanding and development of the PTT technique in depth, with a focus on the physiological regulation of arterial BP, the relationship between PTT and BP, and the summaries of the PTT-based models for BP estimation.
