Three-Dimensional Arterial Pulse Signal Acquisition in Time Domain Using Flexible Pressure-Sensor Dense Arrays
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Design and Fabrication of Arterial Pulse Acquisition System
2.1. Pulse Sensors Array
2.2. Pulse Acquisition System
3. Results of Three-Dimensional Arterial Pulse Acquisition Studies
3.1. Subjects
3.2. Sensor Positioning
3.3. Time Domain Waveform Parameters Extraction
3.4. 3D Pulse Envelope Image
3.5. Pulse Width and Dynamic Pulse Width
3.6. PWV Acquisition
3.7. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Volunteer | Diastolic Diameter (cm) | Systolic Diameter (cm) | ΔD (cm) | Ds |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0.20 | 0.25 | 0.05 | 0.331 |
2 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.05 | 0.276 |
3 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.175 |
Volunteer | L (cm) | PWV1 (m/s) | PWV2 (m/s) | abs (PWV1-PWV2) (m/s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21.0 | 7.76 | 7.78 | 0.02 |
2 | 22.5 | 6.49 | 6.45 | 0.04 |
3 | 21.0 | 7.89 | 8.34 | 0.45 |
4 | 21.0 | 9.19 | 9.16 | 0.03 |
5 | 21.5 | 7.42 | 7.37 | 0.05 |
6 | 21.0 | 6.63 | 6.52 | 0.11 |
7 | 21.0 | 9.52 | 9.53 | 0.01 |
8 | 21.5 | 8.34 | 8.39 | 0.05 |
9 | 23.0 | 9.57 | 9.32 | 0.25 |
10 | 21.0 | 5.87 | 5.72 | 0.15 |
11 | 21.5 | 7.83 | 7.91 | 0.08 |
12 | 20.5 | 5.43 | 5.43 | 0.00 |
13 | 20.5 | 10.37 | 10.53 | 0.16 |
14 | 20.5 | 4.38 | 4.50 | 0.12 |
15 | 21.0 | 5.90 | 5.77 | 0.13 |
Mean | 0.11 | |||
Min | 0.00 | |||
Max | 0.45 |
System | Tyan et al. [32] | Hu et al. [18] | Wang et al. [37] | Jin et al. [36] | Chen et al. [40] | Proposed |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of sensors | One | 3 × 4 | Three main sensor 12 × 3 sub-sensors | Three | 3 × 4 | 3 × 18 |
Single sensor size(mm) | Φ12 | 2.5 × 2.5 | Main: 5 × 3 Sub: 0.8 × 8 | 5.6 × 5.6 | 5.5 × 3.6 | 0.4 × 0.4 |
Flexible sensor array | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Wearable | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Sensor positioning | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes |
Pulse width information | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Pulse wave velocity measurement | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Publication Year | 2008 | 2012 | 2014 | 2019 | 2019 | 2021 |
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Chen, J.; Sun, K.; Zheng, R.; Sun, Y.; Yang, H.; Zhong, Y.; Li, X. Three-Dimensional Arterial Pulse Signal Acquisition in Time Domain Using Flexible Pressure-Sensor Dense Arrays. Micromachines 2021, 12, 569. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12050569
Chen J, Sun K, Zheng R, Sun Y, Yang H, Zhong Y, Li X. Three-Dimensional Arterial Pulse Signal Acquisition in Time Domain Using Flexible Pressure-Sensor Dense Arrays. Micromachines. 2021; 12(5):569. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12050569
Chicago/Turabian StyleChen, Jianzhong, Ke Sun, Rong Zheng, Yi Sun, Heng Yang, Yifei Zhong, and Xinxin Li. 2021. "Three-Dimensional Arterial Pulse Signal Acquisition in Time Domain Using Flexible Pressure-Sensor Dense Arrays" Micromachines 12, no. 5: 569. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12050569