Publications by Alair Dias Junior

Method and Device for Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Measurement

David Atienza Alonso, Srinivasan Murali, Francisco Javier Rincon Vallejos, Alair Dias Junior

A system for measuring blood pressure of a user that comprises an ElectroCardioGram (ECG) circuit with at least two ECG electrodes configured to obtain an electrical activity of a heart of the user by measuring the electrical signals detected at the at lea ...

2017

Methods for reliable estimation of pulse transit time and blood pressure variations using smartphone sensors

David Atienza Alonso, Srinivasan Murali, Francisco Javier Rincon Vallejos, Alair Dias Junior

Hypertension is known to affect around one third of adults globally and early diagnosis is essential to reduce the effects of this affliction. Today’s Blood Pressure (BP) monitoring cuffs are obtrusive and in- convenient for performing regular measurements ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Estimation of Blood Pressure and Pulse Transit Time Using Your Smartphone

David Atienza Alonso, Srinivasan Murali, Francisco Javier Rincon Vallejos, Alair Dias Junior

It is widely recognized today that there is an alarming rise of lifestyle-induced chronic diseases (e.g., type II diabetes) in our society. Therefore, a strong need exists for cost-effective and non-invasive devices that can measure blood pressure (BP) to ...

IEEE Computer Society Press2015

Ultra-Low Power Design of Wearable Cardiac Monitoring Systems

David Atienza Alonso, Srinivasan Murali, Francisco Javier Rincon Vallejos, Hossein Mamaghanian, Ruben Braojos Lopez, Giovanni Ansaloni, Alair Dias Junior

This paper presents the system-level architecture of novel ultra-low power wireless body sensor nodes (WBSNs) for real-time cardiac monitoring and analysis, and discusses the main design challenges of this new generation of medical devices. In particular, ...

IEEE2014

Ultra-Low Power Design of Wearable Cardiac Monitoring Systems

David Atienza Alonso, Srinivasan Murali, Francisco Javier Rincon Vallejos, Hossein Mamaghanian, Ruben Braojos Lopez, Giovanni Ansaloni, Alair Dias Junior

This paper presents the system-level architecture of novel ultra-low power wireless body sensor nodes (WBSNs) for real-time cardiac monitoring and analysis, and discusses the main design challenges of this new generation of medical devices. In particular, ...

IEEE/ACM Press2014