PWDB (Pulse Wave Database)
Introduced by Charlton et al. in Modeling arterial pulse waves in healthy aging: a database for in silico evaluation of hemodynamics and pulse wave indexes
Overview
This database of simulated arterial pulse waves is designed to be representative of a sample of pulse waves measured from healthy adults. It contains pulse waves for 4,374 virtual subjects, aged from 25-75 years old (in 10 year increments). The database contains a baseline set of pulse waves for each of the six age groups, created using cardiovascular properties (such as heart rate and arterial stiffness) which are representative of healthy subjects at each age group. It also contains 728 further virtual subjects at each age group, in which each of the cardiovascular properties are varied within normal ranges. This allows for extensive in silico analyses of haemodynamics and the performance of pulse wave analysis algorithms.
Data Description
The database contains the following pulse waves, sampled at 500 Hz:
- arterial flow velocity (U),
- luminal area (A),
- pressure (P), and
- photoplethysmogram (PPG).
These pulse waves are provided at a range of measurement sites, including:
- aorta (ascending and descending)
- carotid artery
- brachial artery
- radial artery
- finger
- femoral artery
The database also contains numerous reference variables, mostly relating to cardiovascular properties, such as:
- heart rate
- cardiac output
- blood pressure
- pulse wave velocity
- age
The data are available in three formats: Matlab, CSV and WaveForm Database (WFDB) format. Further details of the formatting and contents of each file are available here.
Accompanying Publication
The database is described in the following publication:
Please cite this publication when using the database.
Further Information
Further information on the Pulse Wave Database project can be found at the project homepage. In particular, an accompanying Wiki provides:
Papers
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