Biomedical instrumentation & technology / Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation
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Biomed Instrum Technol · Jan 1989
Semiautomatic algorithm to remove resonance artifacts from the direct radial artery pressure.
Resonance artifacts introduced by the catheter-manometer system are removed from the direct radial artery pressure using a three-step algorithm. First, the fast-flush method is used to identify the natural frequency and damping coefficient of the monitoring system by digitizing and analyzing the pressure transient created by the flush. ⋯ Third, the algorithm predicts the undistorted radial artery pressure, removing the resonance artifacts by inverse-filtering the digitized monitored pressure waveform using the RLC circuit derived previously. The algorithm was implemented using a personal computer, but it could also be used without the computer by incorporating an analog-to-digital convertor and a microprocessor in the hemodynamic monitor.