METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING CARDIOVASCULAR QUANTITY OF MAMMAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for allowing noninvasive determination of one or more cardiovascular quantities, such as blood pressure.SOLUTION: A method of determining at least one cardiovascular quantity of a mammal comprises: (i) selecting a measuring site of a vessel; (ii) determining or estimating a mean diameter of the vessel at the measuring site; (iii) determining a pulse wave velocity and/or another elasticity related quantity of the vessel at the measuring site; (iv) determining a distension of the vessel at the measuring site; and (v) calculating the at least one cardiovascular quantity from the determined mean diameter, elasticity related quantity and distension of the vessel at the measuring site.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1