A new wearable sensor design intended to measure blood pressure is made by SINTEF in collaboration with Datek within the Norwegian Research Council BIA Project HyperSension. The main objective of the wearable device is to measure blood pressure changes continuously outside doctor's office settings and without restricting the patient in his or her daily activities.
The wearable sensor measures inertial measurement (accelerometer/gyroscope) data in addition to 3 types of physiological data:
- Electro CardioGraphy (ECG) - Used to detect the heartbeat start impulse
- Impedance CardioGraphy (ICG) - Used to detect opening of the aortic valves
- PhotoPlethysmoGraphy (PPG) - Used to detect the peripheral pressure wave
An MSc project will be done in collaboration with and supervision from researchers involved in the HyperSension project and partly at SINTEF in Forskningsveien 1, Oslo. The MSc objectives will be detailed in discussions with the candidate, but it will indicatively involve the following components:
- Literature survey and writing of essay
- Running experiments
- Possibly development of model for estimation of blood pressure, probably employing machine learning techniques
- Analysis of results
- Writing of MSc thesis document