Recognition of elementary arm movements using orientation of a tri-axial accelerometer located near the wrist.

abstract：:Energy scavenging has increasingly become an interesting option for powering electronic devices because of the almost infinite lifetime and the non-dependence on fuels for energy generation. Moreover, the rise of wireless technologies promises new applications in medical monitoring systems, but these still face limita...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Romero E,Warrington RO,Neuman MR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature concerning measurement of spatial resolution in electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is vague. Different groups often use their own method or a modified version of a better known method, thus hindering a generalized resolution measurement which could be useful for gauging the performance of one system ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Wheeler JL,Wang W,Tang M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a framework for the characterization of the dynamic interactions between RR variability (RRV) and systolic arterial pressure variability (SAPV) is proposed. The methodology accounts for the intrinsic non-stationarity of the cardiovascular system and includes the assessment of both the strength and the p...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Orini M,Laguna P,Mainardi LT,Bailón R

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EPR oximetry is a promising, relatively non-invasive method for monitoring the partial pressure of oxygen in tissue (PtO2) that has proved useful in following changes under various physiologic and pathophysiologic conditions. Optimal utilization of the method will be facilitated by systematic comparisons with other av...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： O'Hara JA,Khan N,Hou H,Wilmo CM,Demidenko E,Dunn JF,Swartz HM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal obstruction is common and may disturb well-being during daytime and sleep. Its objective assessment by standard methods requires patient cooperation and inconvenient instrumentation. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a novel, unobtrusive technique for continuous monitoring of changes in nasal c...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Thurnheer R,Bloch KE

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gated SPECT (GSPECT) was evaluated for the measurement of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) by comparing with equilibrium gated radionuclide ventriculography (RNVG). A total of 99 subjects underwent GSPECT and RNVG imaging. All studies were acquired in list mode with GSPECT studies processed to give 16- and 8-...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Wright GA,McDade M,Keeble W,Martin W,Hutton I

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used finite element analysis to study the relationship between the intraventricular blood conductance and the right ventricular volume. Previous studies reported a quasi-linear dependence between these two quantities. We quantified the effects of the resistivities of the surrounding tissues (e.g. heart wall, lungs)...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Panescu D,Webster JG,Stratbucker RA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the feasibility of the detection of brief orofacial pain sensations from easily recordable physiological signals by means of machine learning techniques. APPROACH:A total of 47 subjects underwent periodontal probing and indicated each instance of pain perception by means of a push button. Simu...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Teichmann D,Klopp J,Hallmann A,Schuett K,Wolfart S,Teichmann M

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nasal obstruction disturbs comfort during daytime, and sleep quality. Convenient objective assessment of nasal ventilation would be desirable. Therefore, we developed a technique for unobtrusive monitoring of bilateral nasal airflow. Nasal cannulae with separated left- and right-sided tubings were connected to two pre...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Kohler M,Thurnheer R,Bloch KE

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infant multiple breath washout (MBW) testing serves as a primary outcome in clinical studies. However, it is still unknown whether current software algorithms allow between-centre comparisons. In this study of healthy infants, we quantified MBW measurement errors and tried to improve data quality by simply changing so...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Anagnostopoulou P,Egger B,Lurà M,Usemann J,Schmidt A,Gorlanova O,Korten I,Roos M,Frey U,Latzin P

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral autoregulation has been studied by linear filter systems, with arterial blood pressure (ABP) as the input and cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV-from transcranial Doppler Ultrasound) as the output. The current work extends this by using adaptive filters to investigate the dynamics of time-varying cerebral aut...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Liu J,Simpson MD,Yan J,Allen R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have proved that the baroreceptor reflex (baroreflex) control of heart rate can be used for stratification of post-infarction population and, in general, cardiovascular disease populations. Many methods have been proposed to estimate the so-called baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) expressed as ms mmhg-1. M...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Lavanga M,Baselli G,Fumagalli F,Ristagno G,Ferrario M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Body temperature measurement is an important clinical parameter. The performance of a number of non-invasive thermometers was measured by comparing intra- and inter-operator variability (n = 100) and clinical accuracy (n = 61). Variability was elevated in febrile compared to normothermic subjects for axillary and oral...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Mangat J,Standley T,Prevost A,Vasconcelos J,White P

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac output (CO) monitoring is not only essential for critically ill patients in the hospital, but also for patients at home and those undergoing cardiopulmonary exercise testing. However, CO is difficult to monitor during daily activities and exercise. In this paper, we aim at developing a novel CO estimation meth...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Wang L,Poon CC,Zhang YT

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-nine patients were monitored overnight for breathing distress patterns during postoperative analgesia. Nasal flow apnoea monitoring and pulse oximetry data were recorded at 50 Hz. Respiratory inductive plethysmography (RIP) tracked tidal volume (TV) thoracoabdominal motion, and supplemented the flow monitoring ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Millard RK

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method was developed for simultaneously measuring plasma resistance, cell interior resistance and cell membrane capacitance of blood. A three-element circuit model for simulating the impedance of blood was evaluated by comparing measured and calculated impedance frequency curves and was found feasible. The values of...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Zhao TX,Jacobson B,Ribbe T

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-invasive fetal heart rate is of great relevance in clinical practice to monitor fetal health state during pregnancy. To date, however, despite significant advances in the field of electrocardiography, the analysis of abdominal fetal ECG is considered a challenging problem for biomedical and signal processing commu...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Varanini M,Tartarisco G,Billeci L,Macerata A,Pioggia G,Balocchi R

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard electrocardiogram (ECG) is the most common non-invasive way to study atrial fibrillation (AF). In this respect, previous works have shown that the surface lead V(1) reflects mainly the dominant atrial frequency (DAF) of the right atrium (RA), which has been widely used to study AF. In a similar way, AF or...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Alcaraz R,Hornero F,Rieta JJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper investigates the main characteristics of the magneto-hemodynamic (MHD) response for application as a biomarker of vascular blood flow. The induced surface potential changes of a volunteer exposed to a 3 T static B0 field of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnet were measured over time at multiple locati...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Kyriakou A,Neufeld E,Szczerba D,Kainz W,Luechinger R,Kozerke S,McGregor R,Kuster N

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to investigate masticatory muscle activity during deliberately performed functional and non-functional oral tasks. Electromyographic (EMG) surface activity was recorded unilaterally from the masseter, anterior temporalis and suprahyoid muscles in 11 subjects (5 men, 6 women; age = 34.6 +/- 10...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Farella M,Palla S,Erni S,Michelotti A,Gallo LM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agitation is a significant problem in the intensive care unit (ICU), affecting 71% of sedated adult patients during 58% of ICU patient-days (Fraser and Riker 2001 NY Health-Syst. Pharm. 20 17-24). Subjective scale-based assessment methods are currently used to assess the level of patient agitation, but are limited in ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Chase JG,Starfinger C,Lam Z,Agogue F,Shaw GM

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Automatic sleep stage classification with cardiorespiratory signals has attracted increasing attention. In contrast to the traditional manual scoring based on polysomnography, these signals can be measured using advanced unobtrusive techniques that are currently available, promising the application for personal and co...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Fonseca P,Long X,Radha M,Haakma R,Aarts RM,Rolink J

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is very sensitive to deformations of the medium boundary shape. For lung imaging, breathing and changes in posture move the electrodes and change the chest shape, resulting in image artefacts. Several approaches have been proposed to improve the reconstructed images; most methods ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Gómez-Laberge C,Adler A

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are aimed at providing a new way of communication between the human brain and external devices. One of the major tasks associated with the BCI system is to improve classification performance of the motor imagery (MI) signal. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals are widely used f...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Su J,Yang Z,Yan W,Sun W

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The left atrium (LA) plays an important role in the maintenance of hemodynamic and electrical stability of the heart. One of the conditions altering the atrial mechanical function is atrial fibrillation (AF), leading to an increased thromboembolic risk due to impaired mechanical function. Preserving the regions of the...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Kuklik P,Molaee P,Podziemski P,Ganesan AN,Brooks AG,Worthley SG,Sanders P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle stiffness is known to vary as a result of a variety of disease states, yet current clinical methods for quantifying muscle stiffness have limitations including cost and availability. We investigated the capability of shear wave elastography (SWE) to measure variations in gastrocnemius shear wave speed induced v...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Chernak LA,DeWall RJ,Lee KS,Thelen DG

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A finite difference model of the human thorax with 113,400 control volumes (nodes) based on ECG gated MRI images was used to evaluate the Sheffield DAS-01P EIT system. Sixteen simulated electrode positions equally spaced around the thorax model at approximately the fourth intercostals space level were selected. Pairs ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Patterson RP,Zhang J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Currently, continuous blood pressure (BP) measurements are mostly based on multi-sensor combinations and datasets with limited BP ranges. Besides, most BP-related features derive from the photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal. The mechanism of PPG signal formation is not considered. We aimed to design a noninvasive...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Hu Q,Deng X,Wang A,Yang C

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cycling on an ergometer is one effective means of measuring cardiovascular function while applying stress on the heart. Bathing in a hot water bath applies a low stress to the heart. The electrocardiograms of a healthy adult male (aged 35 at the start of study) were recorded while taking a hot water bath with no elect...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Ishijima M,Togawa T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The creation of artificial gravity on board a space station is one of the promising methods for preventing health problems during space missions; a short-radius centrifuge (SRC) is the model of such a method on Earth. Our goal was to evaluate the sensitivity of bioimpedance polysegmental measurements for moni...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Takhtobina YV,Shchelykalina SP,Smirnov YI,Smirnov AV,Koloteva MI,Vassilieva GY,Nikolaev DV

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00