Development of a Tonometric Sensor with a Decoupled Circular Array for Precisely Measuring Radial Artery Pulse
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Design and Experimental Section
2.1. FDB-Type Pressure Sensor for Radial Pulse (PSRP)
2.1.1. The Structure and Assembly of PSRP
2.1.2. PSRP Evaluation
2.2. Method for Estimating Blood Vessel Direction
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Characteristics of PSRP Sensor
3.2. Experimental Result for Estimating Blood Vessel Direction
4. Conclusions and Outlook
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Sensor | CH1 | CH2 | CH3 | CH4 | CH5 | CH6 | CH7 | |
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Sensor #1 | Sensitivity (V/gf) | 0.32294 | 0.37252 | 0.36359 | 0.35303 | 0.32533 | 0.31089 | 0.32765 |
CV (%) | 0.57954 | 0.03916 | 0.73674 | 0.48756 | 0.05013 | 3.05291 | 0.88291 | |
Sensor #2 | Sensitivity (V/gf) | 0.32178 | 0.32949 | 0.33023 | 0.35977 | 0.35673 | 0.3545 | 0.34215 |
CV (%) | 2.38609 | 0.22454 | 0.40759 | 0.04822 | 0.08609 | 0.06177 | 0.13737 | |
Sensor #3 | Sensitivity (V/gf) | 0.32415 | 0.35095 | 0.32455 | 0.3523 | 0.36408 | 0.32426 | 0.348 |
CV (%) | 0.22802 | 0.177 | 0.05883 | 0.07506 | 0.45001 | 0.21664 | 0.24718 | |
Sensor #4 | Sensitivity (V/gf) | 0.33615 | 0.32551 | 0.25834 | 0.31423 | 0.30729 | 0.3162 | 0.3162 |
CV (%) | 0.22001 | 0.05361 | 0.31644 | 0.45993 | 0.43231 | 1.08301 | 0.15042 | |
Sensor #5 | Sensitivity (V/gf) | 0.33256 | 0.30244 | 0.28766 | 0.33387 | 0.29701 | 0.27744 | 0.29768 |
CV (%) | 2.69237 | 0.43782 | 1.07538 | 2.37248 | 0.82258 | 0.07627 | 0.13191 |
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Jun, M.-H.; Kim, Y.-M.; Bae, J.-H.; Jung, C.J.; Cho, J.-H.; Jeon, Y.J. Development of a Tonometric Sensor with a Decoupled Circular Array for Precisely Measuring Radial Artery Pulse. Sensors 2016, 16, 768. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16060768
Jun M-H, Kim Y-M, Bae J-H, Jung CJ, Cho J-H, Jeon YJ. Development of a Tonometric Sensor with a Decoupled Circular Array for Precisely Measuring Radial Artery Pulse. Sensors. 2016; 16(6):768. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16060768
Chicago/Turabian StyleJun, Min-Ho, Young-Min Kim, Jang-Han Bae, Chang Jin Jung, Jung-Hee Cho, and Young Ju Jeon. 2016. "Development of a Tonometric Sensor with a Decoupled Circular Array for Precisely Measuring Radial Artery Pulse" Sensors 16, no. 6: 768. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16060768
APA StyleJun, M.-H., Kim, Y.-M., Bae, J.-H., Jung, C. J., Cho, J.-H., & Jeon, Y. J. (2016). Development of a Tonometric Sensor with a Decoupled Circular Array for Precisely Measuring Radial Artery Pulse. Sensors, 16(6), 768. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16060768