Abstract

Life style related diseases such as hypertension and diabetes promote arteriosclerosis which causes circulatory diseases. It is important to evaluate arterial condition for prevention of circulatory diseases. The pulse wave velocity method has become familiar as a vascular test because it is easy and non-invasively. However, the accuracy of the method seems not to be high because it just compares two points ignoring the frequency dependence and reflection waves from peripheral vessels. In this study theory of pulse wave propagation considering such effects was formulated. A new method to identify the reflection ratio from peripheral vessels and pulse wave velocity was proposed. This method was verified by experiment using a silicon tube and applied to measure the pulse wave propagation of human arm as a case study. The results showed that this method has possibility to apply to measure the pulse wave propagation of human pulse wave.

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