Age-related changes in pulse risetime measured by multi-site photoplethysmography.

abstract：:An external electroenterogram (EEnG) is the recording of the small bowel myoelectrical signal using contact electrodes placed on the abdominal surface. It is a weak signal affected by possible movements and by the interferences of respiration and, principally, of the cardiac signal. In this paper an adaptive filtering...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Garcia-Casado J,Martinez-de-Juan JL,Ponce JL

更新日期：2006-06-01 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

abstract：:This paper describes the design, construction, and testing of a multi-channel fetal electrocardiogram (fECG) signal generator based on LabVIEW. Special attention is paid to the fetal heart development in relation to the fetus' anatomy, physiology, and pathology. The non-invasive signal generator enables many parameter...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Martinek R,Kelnar M,Koudelka P,Vanus J,Bilik P,Janku P,Nazeran H,Zidek J

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal variability of parameters which describe dynamic cerebral autoregulation (CA), usually quantified by the short-term relationship between arterial blood pressure (BP) and cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV), could result from continuous adjustments in physiological regulatory mechanisms or could be the result ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Panerai RB,Sammons EL,Smith SM,Rathbone WE,Bentley S,Potter JF,Samani NJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is expected to become a valuable tool for monitoring mechanically ventilated patients due to its ability to continuously assess regional lung ventilation and aeration. Several sources of interference with EIT examinations exist in intensive care units (ICU). Our objectives are to ...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Frerichs I,Pulletz S,Elke G,Gawelczyk B,Frerichs A,Weiler N

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscle injuries in the lower limb are common among professional football players. Classification is made according to severity and is diagnosed with radiological assessment as: grade I (minor strain or minor injury), grade II (partial rupture, moderate injury) and grade III (complete rupture, severe injury). Tetrapola...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Nescolarde L,Yanguas J,Lukaski H,Alomar X,Rosell-Ferrer J,Rodas G

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Cognitive reserve (CR) refers to the capacity of the brain to actively cope with damage via the implementation of remedial cognitive processes. Traditional CR measurements focus on static proxies, which may not be able to appropriately estimate dynamic changes in CR. This study therefore investigated the cogn...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Yang CY,Lin CP

更新日期：2020-07-07 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：:A gamma fit facilitates smoothing and extrapolation of distorted tracer-dilution curves in blood flow studies. Theoretically based empirical estimators were developed as simple alternatives to direct regression approaches from simulated gamma distributions with a wide range of shape asymmetry. Key curve features of pe...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Lopatatzidis A,Millard RK

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal heart rate monitoring is used for pregnancy surveillance in obstetric units all over the world but in spite of recent advances in analysis methods, there are still inherent technical limitations that bound its contribution to the improvement of perinatal indicators. In this work, a previously published wavelet t...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Almeida R,Gonçalves H,Bernardes J,Rocha AP

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare a novel cardiovascular magnetic resonance technique for the assessment of left ventricular (LV) mechanical discoordination by characterizing the endocardial center motion (ECM) in short-axis cine MRI in healthy volunteers and heart failure patients with left bundle branch block (HF-LBBB). APPROACH...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Saporito S,Houthuizen P,Aben JMM,Westenberg JJM,van Den Bosch HCM,van Assen HC,Mischi M

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary blood volume increase during systole was measured in patients by analysing chest images obtained during ECG gated radionuclide angiography examination. The difference in the total radiation counts between systole and diastole in regions of interest, which included the lungs and the left ventricle, was measur...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Nitzan M,Mahler Y,Schechter D,Yaffe S,Bocher M,Chisin R

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we describe a beat-by-beat method for assessing the clinical utility of pulsatile waveforms, primarily recorded from cardiovascular blood volume or pressure changes, concentrating on the photoplethysmogram (PPG). Physiological blood flow is nonstationary, with pulses changing in height, width and morphol...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Li Q,Clifford GD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural gastric electrical stimulation (NGES) is a new method for invoking gastric contractions under microprocessor control. However, optimization of this technique using feedback mechanisms to minimize power consumption and maximize effectiveness has been lacking. The present pilot study proposes a prototype feedback...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Aelen P,Jurkov A,Aulanier A,Mintchev MP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrocardiogram (ECG) is a well studied signal from which many clinically relevant parameters can be derived, such as heart rate. A key component in the estimation of these parameters is the accurate detection of the R peak in the QRS complex. While corruption of the ECG by movement artefact or sensor failure ca...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Johnson AE,Behar J,Andreotti F,Clifford GD,Oster J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most common method of clinical measurement of arterial blood pressure is by means of the cuff sphygmomanometer. This instrument has provided fundamental quantitative information on arterial pressure in individual subjects and in populations and facilitated estimation of cardiovascular risk related to levels of blo...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Avolio AP,Butlin M,Walsh A

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Sedentary behaviour (SB) is associated with a number of adverse health outcomes. Studies that have used ActiGraph monitors to define sedentary time tend to use a threshold of  <100 counts per minute (cpm) for classifying SB; however, this cut-point was not empirically derived for adults. It is not known whether ActiGr...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Clarke-Cornwell AM,Farragher TM,Cook PA,Granat MH

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:We tested the hypothesis that transmission of arterial pressure to brain tissue oxygenation is low under conditions of arterial pressure instability. Two experimental models of hemodynamic instability were used in healthy human volunteers; (1) oscillatory lower body negative pressure (OLBNP) (N = 8; 5 male, 3 female),...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Rickards CA,Sprick JD,Colby HB,Kay VL,Tzeng YC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes an open loop feedback intelligent system for neonatal intensive care management. The system provides a tool enabling the user to make the final decision to accept or reject the advice given. The system collects 18 parameters from the bedside monitor and ventilator using a Medical Information Bus (...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Belal SY,Taktak AF,Nevill A,Spencer A

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has previously been shown that extreme changes in ambient air temperature can affect whole-body bioelectrical impedance. The purpose of this study was to determine if more moderate changes in ambient air temperature, such as those experienced in most laboratory settings, would also affect bioelectric impedance anal...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Buono MJ,Burke S,Endemann S,Graham H,Gressard C,Griswold L,Michalewicz B

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:The ratio of the partial pressure of arterial oxygen to fraction of inspired oxygen is a key component of the sequential organ failure assessment score that operationally defines sepsis. But, it is calculated infrequently due to the need for the acquisition of an arterial blood gas. So, we sought to find an o...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Gadrey SM,Lau CE,Clay R,Rhodes GT,Lake DE,Moore CC,Voss JD,Moorman JR

更新日期：2019-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increased penetration of pulsatile power to the brain has been implicated in the pathogenesis of age-related cognitive dysfunction and dementia, a common comorbidity in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). However, there is a lack of knowledge on the effects of organic and inor...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Londono-Hoyos F,Zamani P,Beraun M,Vasim I,Segers P,Chirinos JA

更新日期：2018-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrocardiograms (ECGs) recorded from patients in intensive care were investigated to quantify any relationship between ECG signal quality and false monitoring alarms. False alarms are a considerable problem for nursing and medical staff as they distract from clinical care, and are also a problem for patients as the...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Tsimenidis C,Murray A

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focused impedance measurements (FIM) are used in several fields, and address the problem of measuring the volume impedance of an object within a volume conductor. Several electrode configurations are possible, and these have different properties. Sensitivity fields of four configurations have been investigated. We pre...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Pettersen FJ,Ferdous H,Kalvøy H,Martinsen ØG,Høgetveit JO

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A majority of geriatric patients experience difficulty in performing sit-to-stand (SiSt) transitions. A detailed assessment of SiSt ability is a prerequisite for successful rehabilitation. Body fixed sensors (BFSs) are increasingly used to assess functional performances. As to date there is no system which analyzes cl...

journal_title：Physiological measurement

authors： Schwenk M,Gogulla S,Englert S,Czempik A,Hauer K

更新日期：2012-11-01 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