Principles of Biomedical Systems & Devices Principles of ... - Rowan
Principles of Biomedical Systems & Devices Principles of ... - Rowan
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Indirect Measurements<br />
Auscultatory Method<br />
PBS&D – Fall 2004 – Polikar http://engineering.rowan.edu/~polikar/CLASSES/ECE404<br />
Most commonly used<br />
technique for listening<br />
sounds and/or indirectly<br />
(non-invasively)<br />
measuring blood pressure<br />
is the auscultatory method<br />
For NIBP, one listens to<br />
the Korotk<strong>of</strong>f sounds<br />
Typically less then 200<br />
Hz, where human hearing<br />
is not very acute, time<br />
consuming, but<br />
remarkably accurate<br />
Brachial artery