by Joshua Stewart, Georgia Institute of Technology The image immediately above shows the additional detail and contours of temperature and shirt material in a processed phasor thermographic image. Credit: Candler Hobbs, Dingding Han Biomedical engineers at Georgia Tech have developed a system for collecting and processing thermal images that allows for reliable, detailed measurement of vital...
Tag: <span>Vital Sign</span>
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Vital sign accuracy may depend on body position, research suggests
by American Physiological Society Experimental protocol. Credit: American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology (2024). DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00073.2024 Body position can affect the accuracy of vital sign measurements that indicate arterial stiffness—a risk factor for heart disease—according to new research. Sitting down during certain tests may cause a spike in arterial stiffness readings that does not reflect a...
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The Argument for Grip Strength as a Vital Sign
Lou Schuler August 03, 2023 Most people hear “firm handshake” and automatically think “business world.” A cursory search reveals articles with titles like “Seven Super-Revealing Things Your Handshake Says About You” (Forbes) and “How a Handshake Can Tell You Everything You Need to Know About a Person” (Inc). Those in the know, however, understand what a handshake really reveals:...