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Toward ubiquitous blood pressure monitoring via pulse transit time: Theory and practice

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Mukkamala, Ramakrishna, Hahn, Jin-Oh, Inan, Omer T., Mestha, Lalit K., Kim, Chang-Sei, Toreyin, Hakan, Kyal, Survi·2015·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Abstract

Ubiquitous blood pressure (BP) monitoring is needed to improve hypertension detection and control and is becoming feasible due to recent technological advances such as in wearable sensing. Pulse transit time (PTT) represents a well-known potential approach for ubiquitous BP monitoring. The goal of this review is to facilitate the achievement of reliable ubiquitous BP monitoring via PTT. We explain the conventional BP measurement methods and their limitations; present models to summarize the theory of the PTT-BP relationship; outline the approach while pinpointing the key challenges; overview the previous work toward putting the theory to practice; make suggestions for best practice and future research; and discuss realistic expectations for the approach.

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Authors
Mukkamala, R., Hahn, J.-O., Inan, O. T., Mestha, L. K., Kim, C.-S., Toreyin, H., & Kyal, S.
Affiliations
  • Michigan State University (US)
  • University of Maryland, College Park (US)
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
  • Palo Alto Research Center (US)
Corresponding author
Mukkamala, Ramakrishna
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Published
2015-08
Volume
62
Issue
8
Pages
1879-1901
ISSN
  • 0018-9294 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-2531
OpenAlex
W2294418644
Cited by
935
References
212
Citations by year
2026: 92 · 2025: 93 · 2024: 96 · 2023: 89 · 2022: 93 · 2021: 87 · 2020: 84 · 2019: 92 · 2018: 83 · 2017: 71 · 2016: 50 · 2015: 4
FWCI
34.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
  • National Institutes of Health (U01 EB018818)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Keywords
blood pressure monitoring, pulse transit time, ubiquitous health monitoring, wearable sensors, hypertension detection, non-invasive blood pressure estimation
MeSH terms
Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Determination, Clothing, Equipment Design, Humans, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Pulse Wave Analysis

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