Performance Investigation of a Wearable Distributed-Deflection Sensor in Arterial Pulse Waveform Measurement
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In this article, a wearable distributed-deflection sensor in arterial pulse waveform measurement is presented, which consists of a polymer microstructure embedded with an electrolyte-enabled resistive transducer array.Abstract:
This paper presents a performance investigation of a wearable distributed-deflection sensor in arterial pulse waveform measurement Built on a flexible substrate, the sensor entails a polymer microstructure embedded with an electrolyte-enabled resistive transducer array By pressing the sensor against an artery with hold-down pressure exerted by two fingers, the pulse signal from the artery deflects the microstructure and registers as a resistance change by the transducer at the artery site The radial and carotid pulse signals of five subjects are recorded via the sensor Related signal-processing algorithms are written in Matlab to remove motion artifacts from a recorded pulse signal, extract its key tonometric parameters, and calculate the Pulse Wave Velocity (PWV) and radial and carotid Augmentation Index (AI) Whereas the tonometric parameters of the measured radial and carotid pulse waveforms on each subject are consistent with the related findings in the literature, the difference in tonometric parameters among the subjects also reveals physiological significance The measured PWV and radial and carotid AI of the subjects show good agreement with how they should vary with age, gender and hypertension Finally, the effect of the hold-down pressure on a measured pulse signal and the repeatability of the sensor are examinedread more
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