<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Cardiovascular investigations start with the arterial blood pressure measurement and the easiest and accessible approach takes the recording of the systolic and diastolic pressure levels by a sphygmomanometer, usually during compression of the upper arm, or the wrist (same level as the heart), on the path of the brachial artery. More information on arterial hemodynamic, beyond blood pressure monitoring, could result from investigations based on the pulse wave analysis, like applanation tonometry, which is based on pressure sensed on the arm’s surface, at several observation points along the brachial tree.</p><p>The reactivity and the accuracy of the sensors depend on their design; capacitive and piezoelectric sensors are good candidates for this task. Based on numerical analysis, the work presented here evaluates the usage of applanation tonometry data for the investigation of hemodynamic parameters and examines some technical and medical aspects of the method. The multiphysics numerical model assembles three different problems: hemodynamic flow, structural deformation of the arm and generation of electricity through deformable sensors.</p></abstract>

Cardiovascular investigations start with the arterial blood pressure measurement and the easiest and accessible approach takes the recording of the systolic and diastolic pressure levels by a sphygmomanometer, usually during compression of the upper arm, or the wrist (same level as the heart), on the path of the brachial artery. More information on arterial hemodynamic, beyond blood pressure monitoring, could result from investigations based on the pulse wave analysis, like applanation tonometry, which is based on pressure sensed on the arm’s surface, at several observation points along the brachial tree.The reactivity and the accuracy of the sensors depend on their design; capacitive and piezoelectric sensors are good candidates for this task. Based on numerical analysis, the work presented here evaluates the usage of applanation tonometry data for the investigation of hemodynamic parameters and examines some technical and medical aspects of the method. The multiphysics numerical model assembles three different problems: hemodynamic flow, structural deformation of the arm and generation of electricity through deformable sensors.

Measuring the Hemodynamic Flow in the Brachial-Ulnar-Radial Arterial System

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Splaiul Independenţei no. 313, sector 1, 060042 Bucharest, Romania

“Gh. Mihoc - C. Iacob” Institute of Statistical Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, The Romanian Academy,

Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest, Splaiul Independenţei no. 313, sector 1, 060042 Bucharest,

Analele ştiinţifice ale Universităţii "Ovidius" Constanţa. Seria Matematică

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Cardiovascular investigations start with the arterial blood pressure measurement and the easiest and accessible approach takes the recording of the systolic...

Measuring the Hemodynamic Flow in the Brachial-Ulnar-Radial Arterial System

Published Online: Apr 22, 2017

Page range: 113 - 127

Received: Dec 01, 2014

Accepted: Mar 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auom-2015-0051

Keywords
blood pressure, radial applanation tonometry, arterial hemodynamic, piezoelectric pressure transducer, numerical simulation, finite element

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Measuring the Hemodynamic Flow in the Brachial-Ulnar-Radial Arterial System

Published Online: Apr 22, 2017

Page range: 113 - 127

Received: Dec 01, 2014

Accepted: Mar 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/auom-2015-0051

Keywordsblood pressure, radial applanation tonometry, arterial hemodynamic, piezoelectric pressure transducer, numerical simulation, finite element

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
blood pressure, radial applanation tonometry, arterial hemodynamic, piezoelectric pressure transducer, numerical simulation, finite element