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Radial arterial compliance measurement by fiber Bragg grating pulse recorder

Journal of Human Hypertension volume 28, pages 736–742 (2014)Cite this article

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In the present work, we report a novel, in vivo, noninvasive technique to determine radial arterial compliance using the radial arterial pressure pulse waveform (RAPPW) acquired by fiber Bragg grating pulse recorder (FBGPR). The radial arterial compliance of the subject can be measured during sphygmomanometric examination by the unique signatures of arterial diametrical variations and the beat-to-beat pulse pressure acquired simultaneously from the RAPPW recorded using FBGPR. This proposed technique has been validated against the radial arterial diametrical measurements obtained from the color Doppler ultrasound. Two distinct trials have been illustrated in this work and the results from both techniques have been found to be in good agreement with each other.

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  1. Applied Photonics Initiative and Robert Bosch Center for Cyber Physical Systems, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

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  1. Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

    U Sharath & S Asokan

  2. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, India

    C Shwetha & S Asokan

  3. Department of Radio Diagnosis, M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore, India

    K Anand

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Sharath, U., Shwetha, C., Anand, K. et al. Radial arterial compliance measurement by fiber Bragg grating pulse recorder. J Hum Hypertens 28, 736–742 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2014.45

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