Estimation of wave reflection in aorta from radial pulse waveform by artificial neural network: a numerical study.

Journal: Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Wave reflection in aorta has been shown to have incremental value for predicting cardiovascular events. However, its estimation by wave separation analysis (WSA) is complex.

Authors

  • Hanguang Xiao
    Chongqing Key Laboratory of Modern Photoelectric Detection Technology and Instrument, School of Optoelectronic Information, Chongqing University of Technology, No. 69 Hongguang Road, Banan District, Chongqing 400050, PR China. Electronic address: simenxiao1211@163.com.
  • Lin Qi
    a Sino-Dutch Biomedical and Information Engineering School , Northeastern University , Shenyang , Liaoning , China.
  • Lisheng Xu
    College of Medicine and Biological Information Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
  • Decai Li
    Sichuan Mianyang 404 Hospital, No. 56 Yuejing Road, Fucheng District, Mianyang, Sichuan 400050, PR China.
  • Bo Hu
    Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • Pengdong Zhao
    College of Artificial Intelligent, Chongqing University of Technology, No. 69 Hongguang Rd, Banan, Chongqing 400050, PR China.
  • Huijiao Ren
    College of Artificial Intelligent, Chongqing University of Technology, No. 69 Hongguang Rd, Banan, Chongqing 400050, PR China.
  • Jinfeng Huang
    College of Artificial Intelligent, Chongqing University of Technology, No. 69 Hongguang Rd, Banan, Chongqing 400050, PR China.