抄録
The plethysmogram is measured at different points of human body by using the photo interrupter, which sensitively depends on the physical and mental situation of human body. In this paper the statistical method of the data-analysis is investigated to discuss the dependence of plethysmogram on stress and aging. The first one is the representation method based on the return map, which provides usuful information for the waveform, the flucuation in phase and the fluctuation in amplitude. The return map method makes it possible to understand the fluctuation of plethymogram in amplitude and in phase more clearly and globally than in the conventional power spectrum method. The second is the Lisajous plot and the correlation function to analyze the phase difference between the plethysmograms of the right finger tip and of the left finger tip. The third is the R-index, from which we can estimate “the age of the blood flow”. The R-index is defined by the global character of plethysmogram, which is different from the usual APG-index. The stress- and age-dependence of plethysmogram is discussed by using these methods.
