Ballistocardiogram-Based Approach to Ubiquitous Blood Pressure Monitoring

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dc.contributor.advisorHahn, Jin-Ohen_US
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Stephanieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-22T06:26:20Z
dc.date.available2017-06-22T06:26:20Z
dc.date.issued2017en_US
dc.description.abstractHypertension is a large contributor to cardiovascular deaths in the United States and around the world. Despite this fact, lack of ubiquitous blood pressure monitoring remains a large gap in modern-day health care. This thesis shall present a ballistocardiogram-based approach to ubiquitous blood pressure monitoring. Two approaches are presented: a signal-based approach and a model-based approach. The signal-based approach validates the superiority of ballistocardiogram-based pulse transit time as a reliable marker for BP over current electrocardiogram-based pulse arrival time methods. Concepts from the signal-based approach are then combined with a mechanism model of the ballistocardiogram and arterial hemodynamic modeling methods to produce a model-based approach. Two model-based variants are presented and the results of each are discussed. Despite certain limitations of the model-based approach, both variants are shown to still be more reliable than electrocardiogram-based pulse arrival time for blood pressure prediction. This work provides the foundation for a truly ubiquitous blood pressure monitoring method and paves the way for early detection and continuous monitoring of cardiovascular health issues.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2KS2M
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/19495
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledBiomedical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledMechanical engineeringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBallistocardiogramen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBlood Pressure Monitoringen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPulse Transit Timeen_US
dc.titleBallistocardiogram-Based Approach to Ubiquitous Blood Pressure Monitoringen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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