TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Detection of hemodynamic adaptations during impending syncope: Implementation of a robust algorithm based on pulse arrival time measurements only
JO  - Conference proceedings - IEEE engineering in medicine and biology society
A1  - Muehlsteff, Jens
A1  - Correia, Tobias
A1  - Couceiro, Ricardo
A1  - Carvalho, Paulo
A1  - Ritz, Anita
A1  - Eickholt, Christian
A1  - Kelm, Malte
A1  - Meyer, Christian
SP  - 2291
EP  - 2294
VL  - 2013
IS  - 
N2  - Syncopes are a major public health concern since they can cause severe injuries e.g. by associated falls. We previously demonstrated the feasibility of syncope prediction based on the pulse arrival time (PAT) analysis. Importantly, algorithms for early detection of impending syncope need to be robust against measurement noise, in particular photoplethysmography (PPG) artifacts, causing false detection. We introduce in this work an algorithm concept to deal with artifacts as well as to detect the onset of syncope based on tracking of relative PAT changes only. Our method has been shown useful to improve detection performance for measurements during impending syncope in patients undergoing head-up tilt table testing which might improve syncope prediction.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1557-170X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609995
ID  - ref1
ER  -