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Improving Auscultatory Blood Pressure Measurement With Electronic and Computer Technology: The Visual Auscultation Method
Author(s) -
Y. Wang,
Jia She,
Huaikun Xiang,
Ye Li,
Jing Liu,
Duan Li,
Mengshan Yu
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2009.30
Subject(s) - auscultation , medicine , sphygmomanometer , stethoscope , blood pressure , cuff , observer (physics) , heart auscultation , biomedical engineering , pressure measurement , artificial intelligence , computer vision , computer science , surgery , cardiology , electrocardiography , radiology , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering
The auscultatory method is used as the reference standard in all prevalent protocols for validation of noninvasive blood pressure measuring devices, and a validation study is essentially based on the comparison between the device and observer measurements. Thus, the objectivity and accuracy of observer measurements are crucial to the validation result.

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