Measuring multi-site pulse transit time with an AI-enabled mmWave radar
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| author | Zhu, Jiangyifei Yuan, Kuang Prabhakara, Akarsh Li, Yunzhi Wang, Gongwei Michaelsen, Kelly Chan, Justin Kumar, Swarun |
| author_facet | Zhu, Jiangyifei Yuan, Kuang Prabhakara, Akarsh Li, Yunzhi Wang, Gongwei Michaelsen, Kelly Chan, Justin Kumar, Swarun |
| contents | Pulse Transit Time (PTT) is a measure of arterial stiffness and a physiological marker associated with cardiovascular function, with an inverse relationship to diastolic blood pressure (DBP). We present the first AI-enabled mmWave system for contactless multi-site PTT measurement using a single radar. By leveraging radar beamforming and deep learning algorithms our system simultaneously measures PTT and estimates diastolic blood pressure at multiple sites. The system was evaluated across three physiological pathways - heart-to-radial artery, heart-to-carotid artery, and mastoid area-to-radial artery -- achieving correlation coefficients of 0.73-0.89 compared to contact-based reference sensors for measuring PTT. Furthermore, the system demonstrated correlation coefficients of 0.90-0.92 for estimating DBP, and achieved a mean error of -1.00-0.62 mmHg and standard deviation of 4.97-5.70 mmHg, meeting the FDA's AAMI guidelines for non-invasive blood pressure monitors. These results suggest that our proposed system has the potential to provide a non-invasive measure of cardiovascular health across multiple regions of the body. |
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| spellingShingle | Measuring multi-site pulse transit time with an AI-enabled mmWave radar Zhu, Jiangyifei Yuan, Kuang Prabhakara, Akarsh Li, Yunzhi Wang, Gongwei Michaelsen, Kelly Chan, Justin Kumar, Swarun Medical Physics Emerging Technologies Pulse Transit Time (PTT) is a measure of arterial stiffness and a physiological marker associated with cardiovascular function, with an inverse relationship to diastolic blood pressure (DBP). We present the first AI-enabled mmWave system for contactless multi-site PTT measurement using a single radar. By leveraging radar beamforming and deep learning algorithms our system simultaneously measures PTT and estimates diastolic blood pressure at multiple sites. The system was evaluated across three physiological pathways - heart-to-radial artery, heart-to-carotid artery, and mastoid area-to-radial artery -- achieving correlation coefficients of 0.73-0.89 compared to contact-based reference sensors for measuring PTT. Furthermore, the system demonstrated correlation coefficients of 0.90-0.92 for estimating DBP, and achieved a mean error of -1.00-0.62 mmHg and standard deviation of 4.97-5.70 mmHg, meeting the FDA's AAMI guidelines for non-invasive blood pressure monitors. These results suggest that our proposed system has the potential to provide a non-invasive measure of cardiovascular health across multiple regions of the body. |
| title | Measuring multi-site pulse transit time with an AI-enabled mmWave radar |
| topic | Medical Physics Emerging Technologies |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18141 |