A Method to Quantify Pulse Waveform with Circulatory Parameters

Quantification of Pulse Waveform with a Four-Factor Concentrated Constant Circuit Model

Abstract

A total of 120 measurements were made for pulse waveform of the radial artery in 73 male subjects in their twenties to forties. We then calculated the parameters in the four-factor concentrated constant circuit model using the method we had developed. From the waveform of the radial artery, we extracted forms equivalent to those referred to as normal, slippery, and string-like pulses according to the pulse-wave models described in the literature. By comparing these parameters, we could show quantitatively the differences in waveforms and related diagnoses of pulses.