Obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea results in significant variations in cerebral hemodynamics detected by diffuse optical spectroscopies.

abstract：:Measurements of blood volume pulse (BVP) and skin conductance are commonly used as indications of psychological arousal in affective computing and human-machine interfaces. To date, palmar surfaces remain the primary site for these measurements. Placement of sensors on palmar surfaces, however, is undesirable when rec...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Kushki A,Fairley J,Merja S,King G,Chau T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reliability of cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) and dynamic cerebral autoregulation estimates (expressed as autoregulation index: ARI) using spontaneous fluctuations in blood pressure (BP) has been demonstrated. However, reliability during co-administration of O2 and CO2 is unknown. Bilateral CBFV (using transcrani...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Minhas JS,Syed NF,Haunton VJ,Panerai RB,Robinson TG,Mistri AK

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uterine activity monitoring is an essential part of managing the progress of pregnancy and labor. Although intrauterine pressure (IUP) is the only reliable method of estimating uterine mechanical activity, it is highly invasive. Since there is a direct relationship between the electrical and mechanical activ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Benalcazar-Parra C,Garcia-Casado J,Ye-Lin Y,Alberola-Rubio J,Lopez Á,Perales-Marin A,Prats-Boluda G

更新日期：2019-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent AASM practice, parameter actimetry is cited to measure total sleep time in obstructive sleep apnoea patients, when polysomnography is not available. An actigraph was therefore compared to polysomnographic data in 28 subjects with known sleep disordered breathing. Total sleep time (TST), sleep period time (SP...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Dick R,Penzel T,Fietze I,Partinen M,Hein H,Schulz J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Storage of physiological waveform data for retrospective analysis presents significant challenges. Resultant data can be very large, and therefore becomes expensive to store and complicated to manage. Traditional database approaches are not appropriate for large scale storage of physiological waveforms. Our g...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Goodwin AJ,Eytan D,Greer RW,Mazwi M,Thommandram A,Goodfellow SD,Assadi A,Jegatheeswaran A,Laussen PC

更新日期：2020-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-invasive measurement of free field snoring sounds to estimate the site of snoring is an important development in the diagnosis, treatment and management of sleep-related breathing disorders. We investigated characteristics of the probability density function by testing the sensitivity of the statistical moment...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Beeton RJ,Wells I,Ebden P,Whittet HB,Clarke J

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is a precise, widely used method for measuring bone mineral density (BMD), usually of the lumbar spine and femoral neck. Recent developments, such as a lower x-ray tube current and pixel by pixel analysis, enable smaller bones and thinner tissues volumes, as in the hand, to be me...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Steel SA,Swann P,Langley G,Langton CM

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sleep-stage scoring is important for sleep-quality evaluation and the diagnosis of related diseases. In this study, an automatic sleep-stage scoring method using photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals was proposed. APPROACH:To construct the classification model, we extracted 14 time-domain features, 17 frequenc...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Wu X,Yang J,Pan Y,Zhang X,Luo Y

更新日期：2020-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of composition on the dielectric properties of hydrogels for biomedical applications is experimentally investigated. The hydrogels, containing hydroxyethylcellulose (HEC), are characterized by means of the impedance spectroscopy technique. The real and imaginary parts of the electrical impedance of the hydr...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Alexe-Ionescu AL,Barbero G,Freire FC,Merletti R

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multi-frequency electrical impedance tomography system for cardiopulmonary monitoring has been designed with specialized digital signal processors developed primarily for the telecommunications sector. The system consists of two modules: a scan-head and a base-station. The scan-head, located close to the patient's t...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Robitaille N,Guardo R,Maurice I,Hartinger AE,Gagnon H

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple frequency bio-electrical impedance analysis (MFBIA) may be useful for monitoring fluid balance in newborn infants or to provide early prediction of the outcome following perinatal asphyxia. A reference range of data is needed for identification of babies with abnormal impedance values. This was a cross-sectio...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Healy GN,Lingwood BE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently-introduced technique of detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) for heart-rate variability appears to yield improved prognostic power in cardiovascular disease through calculation of the fractal scaling exponent alpha. However, the physiological meaning of alpha remains unclear. In DFA, the signal is segment...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Willson K,Francis DP,Wensel R,Coats AJ,Parker KH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the finite element (FE) method to estimate the spatial sensitivity of a needle electrode for bioimpedance measurements. This current conducting needle with an insulated shaft was inserted in a saline solution and the current was measured at the neutral electrode. Model resistance and reactance were calculated ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Høyum P,Kalvøy H,Martinsen ØG,Grimnes S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During anaesthesia awareness and nociception are serious complications that may further lead to haemodynamic instability. Specific monitoring of depth of hypnosis and depth of analgesia based on heart rate variability (HRV) analysis is eligible to improve patient safety and reduce efforts in post-operative care. Conse...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Huhle R,Burghardt M,Zaunseder S,Wessel N,Koch T,Malberg H,Heller AR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:It is accepted that changes in the peripheral pulse waveform characteristics occur with ageing. Pulse risetime is one important feature which has clinical value. However, it is unclear how it varies across the full age spectrum from child to senior and for different peripheral measurement sites. The objective...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Allen J,O'Sullivan J,Stansby G,Murray A

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Electroneurograms (ENGs) from the vagus nerve (VN), the splanchnic nerve (SN) and the pancreatic nerve (PN) innervating the pancreas of a dog, were recorded with chronically implanted 33-electrode spiral cuffs (cuff) before and after the pancreas were stimulated with intravenously (i.v.) administered glucose. In the c...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Rozman J,Zorko B,Bunc M,Mikac U,Tegou E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnography is a continuous and noninvasive method for carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement, and it has become the standard of care for basic respiratory monitoring for intubated patients in the intensive care unit. In addition, it has been used to adjust ventilatory parameters during mechanical ventilation (MV). However,...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Rasera CC,Gewehr PM,Domingues AM

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several factors affect the viability of biosensor design. A computer-based model is being developed to enable the sources and effect of noise and variability within the sensor to be analysed. The work now presented details the modelling of the biochemical aspect of the biosensor model-the immunoassay. The equilibrium ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Keating SM,Flanagan MT

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impedance cardiography (ICG) has been proposed to estimate the stroke volume (SV) and cardiac output (CO) in various medical indications. The aim of this study was to explore the reliability of ICG during pregnancy with respect to SV and CO measurements. Blood pressure, heart rate and thoracic impedance were monitored...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Moertl MG,Schlembach D,Papousek I,Hinghofer-Szalkay H,Weiss EM,Lang U,Lackner HK

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) image reconstruction is an ill-posed problem requiring maximum measurement precision. Recent EIT systems claim 60 to 80 dB precision. Achieving higher values is hard in practice since measurements must be performed at relatively high frequency, on a living subject, while using com...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Hartinger AE,Gagnon H,Guardo R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Non-contact heart and lung activity monitoring would be a desirable supplement to conventional monitoring techniques. Based on the potential of non-contact magnetic induction measurements, requirements for an adequate monitoring system were estimated. This formed the basis for the development of the presented extendab...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Steffen M,Heimann K,Bernstein N,Leonhardt S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies demonstrate that it is possible to evaluate a heart graft rejection condition using a bioimpedance technique by means of an intracavitary catheter. We propose to use a less invasive technique consisting in the use of a transoesophageal catheter and two standard ECG electrodes on the thorax. The aim of...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Giovinazzo G,Ribas N,Cinca J,Rosell-Ferrer J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although previous studies have established the feasibility of monitoring esophageal temperature during radiofrequency cardiac ablation using an esophageal temperature probe (ETP), some questions remain regarding its efficacy. The aims of this study were to study the effect of the location of the ETP on the temperature...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Rodríguez I,Lequerica JL,Berjano EJ,Herrero M,Hornero F

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The back-projected independent components (BICs) of single-trial, auditory P300 and contingent negative variation (CNV) evoked potentials (EPs) were derived using independent component analysis (ICA) and cluster analysis. The method was tested in simulation including a study of the electric dipole equivalents of the s...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Jervis B,Belal S,Camilleri K,Cassar T,Bigan C,Linden DE,Michalopoulos K,Zervakis M,Besleaga M,Fabri S,Muscat J

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart rate responds dynamically to various intrinsic and environmental stimuli. The autonomic nervous system is said to play a major role in this response. Multifractal analysis offers a novel method to assess the response of cardiac interbeat intervals. Twenty-four hour ECG recordings of RR interbeat intervals (o...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Makowiec D,Rynkiewicz A,Wdowczyk-Szulc J,Zarczyńska-Buchowiecka M,Gałaska R,Kryszewski S

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal can provide very useful information about a subject's cardiovascular status. Motion artifacts (MAs), which usually deteriorate the waveform of a PPG signal, severely obstruct its applications in the clinical diagnosis and healthcare area. To reduce the MAs from a PPG signal, in the...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Peng F,Liu H,Wang W

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a preliminary clinical evaluation of a one-frequency electrical impedance tomography (EIT) system enabling static in vivo imaging are presented. The design of the measuring system and image reconstruction software are described. Thirty-one subjects were examined and divided into four clinical groups. Th...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Cherepenin V,Karpov A,Korjenevsky A,Kornienko V,Kultiasov Y,Mazaletskaya A,Mazourov D

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate the accuracy of the Oura ring in the quantification of resting heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). BACKGROUND:Wearable devices have become comfortable, lightweight, and technologically advanced for assessing health behavior. As an example, the novel Oura ring integrates daily physic...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Kinnunen H,Rantanen A,Kenttä T,Koskimäki H

更新日期：2020-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Spirometry is the gold standard to determine the presence of airflow obstruction, but it requires volitional participation and needs qualified supervision. The forced oscillation technique (FOT) measures respiratory input impedance (Zrs) during spontaneous breathing and it could be useful for unsupervised monitoring o...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Dellacà RL,Gobbi A,Pastena M,Pedotti A,Celli B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment and diagnosis of lower limb peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) is important since it can lead progressively to disabling claudication, ischaemic rest pain and gangrene. Historically, the first assessment has been palpation of the peripheral pulse since it can become damped, delayed and diminis...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Allen J,Oates CP,Lees TA,Murray A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00