Subband modeling of the human cardiovascular system: new insights into cardiovascular regulation

Ann Biomed Eng. 1998 Mar-Apr;26(2):293-307. doi: 10.1114/1.57.

Abstract

We present a new approach to cardiovascular analysis based on a well-known signal processing technique, namely, the frequency subband decomposition. The subbands are chosen in accordance with physiological standards: (1) 0-0.04 Hz, (2) 0.04-0.15 Hz, (3) 0.15-0.4 Hz. It is shown that such a pre-processing drastically improves the accuracy of the analysis and introduces a new direction in the understanding of the relationships between cardiovascular signals.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Autonomic Nervous System / physiology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Blood Pressure / physiology
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Heart Rate / physiology
  • Heart Transplantation / physiology
  • Humans
  • Linear Models
  • Lung Volume Measurements
  • Middle Aged
  • Models, Cardiovascular*
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted