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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Cardiovascular Health
  • Signal Processing

Background:

  • Continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring is crucial for cardiovascular disease prevention and diagnosis.
  • Accurate BP estimation models are needed, but calibration methods vary, hindering model selection.
  • Existing models require evaluation under a uniform criterion for reliable comparison.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate and optimize different blood pressure estimation models using the advanced point-to-point pairing (PTP) method.
  • To identify the most accurate and suitable model for wearable, cuff-less BP monitoring.
  • To compare vascular elasticity (VE) models against an elastic tube (ET) model.

Main Methods:

  • Collected photoplethysmography (PPG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) signals during physical trials that increased BP.
  • Measured cuff blood pressure (BP) for validation.
  • Validated four vascular elasticity (VE) models (MK-EE, L-MK, MK-BH, dMK-BH) and one elastic tube (ET) model (M-M) using the PTP method.

Main Results:

  • Vascular elasticity models, except L-MK, outperformed the elastic tube model.
  • The linear L-MK model showed the largest estimation error.
  • The nonlinear MK-EE model exhibited strong correlation and minimal difference between estimated and cuff BP, similar to dMK-BH, indicating its suitability for wearable devices.

Conclusions:

  • Nonlinear vascular elasticity models are superior to the elastic tube model for BP estimation.
  • The MK-EE model offers a good balance of low estimation error and mathematical simplicity.
  • MK-EE is a promising candidate for developing practical, cuff-less blood pressure monitoring devices.