title: Cardiovascular oscillations of the carotid artery assessed by magnetoelastic skin curvature sensor.
abstract: The present study concerns the nondisturbing assessment of cardiovascular oscillations of the carotid artery using a novel skin curvature sensor on the neck. The mechanical oscillations of the skin reflect changes of the artery radius and thus relevant physiological data such as cardiac and respiratory activities, their mutual dependencies, and even changes of blood pressure. The skin curvature sensor is easy to handle and it minimally disturbs the patient, which is relevant for many medical areas such as sleep monitoring.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Fundamentals and Theory of Electrical Engineering/E351, Bioelectricity and Magnetism Laboratory, Vienna University of Technology, Austria. kaniusas@tuwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Eugenijus
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaniusas
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pfützner
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mehnen
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kosel
authors.forename: Giedrius
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Varoneckas
authors.forename: Audrius
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alonderis
authors.forename: Linas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zakarevicius
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011673:Pulsatile Flow / Q000502:physiology; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D014159:Transducers