Pulse transit time-based blood pressure estimation using hilbert-huang transform

Qiao Zhang; Yang Shi; Daniel Teng; Anh Dinh; Seok-Bum Ko; Li Chen; Jenny Basran; Vanina Dal Bello-Haas; Younhee Choi

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334008

Pulse transit time-based blood pressure estimation using hilbert-huang transform

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009:2009:1785-8. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334008.

Authors

Qiao Zhang¹, Yang Shi, Daniel Teng, Anh Dinh, Seok-Bum Ko, Li Chen, Jenny Basran, Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, Younhee Choi

Affiliation

¹ Division of Biomedical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A 9.

PMID: 19964558
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334008

Abstract

The pulse transit time (PTT) based method has been suggested as a continuous, cuffless and non-invasive approach to estimate blood pressure. It is of paramount importance to accurately determine the pulse transit time from the measured electrocardiogram (ECG) and photoplethysmo-gram (PPG) signals. We apply the celebrated Hilbert-Huang Transform (HHT) to process both the ECG and PPG signals, and improve the accuracy of the PTT estimation. Further, the blood pressure variation is obtained by using a well-established formula reflecting the relationship between the blood pressure and the estimated PTT. Simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure*
Electrocardiography