Development of an Upper Arm Phantom for BP Measurement

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aut.filerelease.date2024-11-22
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dc.contributor.advisorLee, Tet Chuan
dc.contributor.advisorLowe, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorKulkarni, Mayuresh
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-21T21:59:52Z
dc.date.available2021-11-21T21:59:52Z
dc.date.copyright2021
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2021-11-19T03:05:36Z
dc.description.abstractCardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, is one of the most commonly occurring afflictions throughout the world. Blood pressure (BP) measurement is critical in the diagnostic analysis of cardiovascular health. The cuff-based non-invasive blood pressure (NIBP) measurement devices are marked by inaccuracies in the estimation of BP, attributing to assumptions related to upper arm’s geometry, soft tissue mechanical properties, and distribution of uniform cuff pressure (CP). The research aims to develop upper arm numerical models and a physical phantom to investigate the displacements, stresses, volume changes on the upper arm soft tissue during NIBP measurement. The characterisation of these quantities aids in understanding the cause of BP estimation errors in NIBP measurement devices. Annular concentric finite element (FE) models were developed and verified using the principles of continuum mechanics. An upper arm model of anatomically accurate geometry was developed. A range of silicone materials was characterised for their mechanical properties to formulate a hyperelastic constitutive model for Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of the upper arm BP simulation. The characterisation aided in selecting the appropriate material to fabricate the anatomical upper arm phantom. A test rig was built for the arm phantom to obtain pressure-volume relationship of the soft tissue components during NIBP measurement. The anatomically accurate FE model was validated with the upper arm phantom for the pressure-volume relationship. The displacement, strain effects of the tissue contact conditions on the soft tissue during NIBP were analysed. It was concluded that the tissue mechanical properties, geometry, and tissue contact conditions of the upper arm plays a crucial role in estimation of BP using NIBP measurement devices.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/14690
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectBlood pressureen_NZ
dc.subjectNIBPen_NZ
dc.subjectNon invasive blood pressureen_NZ
dc.subjectArm phantomen_NZ
dc.subjectUpper arm phantomen_NZ
dc.subjectSilicon materialsen_NZ
dc.subjectCardiovascular modelingen_NZ
dc.subjectansys simulation of arm phantomen_NZ
dc.subjectBlood pressure accuracyen_NZ
dc.subjectFEAen_NZ
dc.subjectArm phantom test rigen_NZ
dc.subjectBlood pressure measurementen_NZ
dc.titleDevelopment of an Upper Arm Phantom for BP Measurementen_NZ
dc.typeThesisen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Engineeringen_NZ
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