Simulations of Cuff-Tissue-Bone-Artery Systems for Blood Pressure Measurements

Simulations of Cuff-Tissue-Bone-Artery Systems for Blood Pressure Measurements

Year:    2022

Author:    Jiacheng Xu, Dan Hu

East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 12 (2022), Iss. 4 : pp. 761–780

Abstract

The elastic mechanics of cuff-tissue-bone-artery systems is studied by using the phase-field method. It is shown that such factors as the Young modulus of the tissue, thickness and elasticity of the blood vessel wall, and blood and cuff pressures significantly influence the oscillation waveforms of the cuff pressure and cause difficulties in decoding the cuff measurements. In addition, our simulations point out at additional information in the oscillometric waveform, which can be of help in the blood pressure decoding. The development of the next-generation instruments for blood pressure measurements requires further studies of cuff-tissue-bone-artery systems and elastic properties of human tissue and blood vessel walls.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/eajam.020322.050422

East Asian Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 12 (2022), Iss. 4 : pp. 761–780

Published online:    2022-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    20

Keywords:    Blood pressure measurement cuff artery wall tissue oscillometric waveform.

Author Details

Jiacheng Xu

Dan Hu