title: Validation of oscillometric noninvasive blood pressure measurement devices using simulators.
abstract: Oscillometric noninvasive blood pressure devices measure blood pressure using an indirect method and proprietary algorithms and hence require validation in clinical trials. Clinical trials are, however, expensive and give contradictory results, and validated devices are not accurate in all patient groups. Simulators that regenerate oscillometric waveforms promise an alternative to clinical trials provided they include sufficient physiological and pathological oscillometric waveforms. Simulators should also improve the understanding of the oscillometric method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Schotland. john.amoore@luht.scot.nhs.uk
authors.forename: John N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Amoore
authors.forename: Yann
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lemesre
authors.forename: Ian C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: Emilie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vacher
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mieke
authors.forename: Susan T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Fiona E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000592:standards*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results