@article{oai:kanazawa-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00008987,
 author = {Yamakoshi, Takehiro and Matsumura, Kenta and Rolfe, Peter and Hanaki, Shota and Ikarashi, Akira and Lee, Jihyoung and Yamakoshi, Ken-ichi},
 issue = {1},
 journal = {IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics},
 month = {Jan},
 note = {We explored the potential of health screening based on the long-term measurement of cardiovascular parameters using the finger volume-oscillometric technique. An automated instrument made simultaneous measurements of key cardiovascular parameters, including blood pressure, pulse pressure, heart rate, normalized pulse volume as an index of α-adrenalin-mediated sympathetic activity, and finger arterial elasticity. These were derived from finger photo-plethysmographic signals during application of cuff pressure. To assess the feasibility of achieving a screening function, measurements were made in ten healthy volunteers during 10 days of day-to-day living (normal condition), and carried out several times at a fixed time every day. During successive 10-day measurements, a 30-hour period of total sleep deprivation was introduced as a physiological challenge (abnormal condition). A linear discriminant analysis of the data was conducted to determine whether these two conditions could be discriminated. Periodic data collection was performed rapidly and easily, and the %-correct classifications of normal and abnormal conditions were 78.2% and 77.5%, respectively. This ability of the method to discriminate between regular and sleep-deprived activities demonstrates its potential for healthcare screening during day-to-day living. Further investigations using larger age and gender groups of subjects including patients with cardiovascular diseases under real-life situations are required. © 2013 IEEE.},
 pages = {28--35},
 title = {Potential for health screening using long-term cardiovascular parameters measured by finger volume-oscillometry: Pilot comparative evaluation in regular and sleep-deprived activities},
 volume = {18},
 year = {2014}
}