The investigations on the relationship between Chinese medical constitution and autonomic nervous functions

Yung-Hsien Chang 
China Medical College
The impetus of this research is to use a noninvasive real-time data acquisition and analysis system for biomedical signals to the application for studying the relationship between the Chinese medical constitution and the autonomic ne rvous functions. These signals, being acquired to the computer correctly for the purposes of long-term recording, storing, and analyzing, are measured noninvasively in the finger from Finapres (finger arterial pressure) device which provides a reliable b eat-to-beat alternative for continuous recordings.
Three main themes will be concerned in this reaserch: (1) Analyze the acquired biomedical signals from the system, these signals include heart rate (HR), blood pressure (BP) and pulse signal (all these three signals are from Finapres ). (2) Explore new tools which include spectral analysis based on short-term Fourier transform of heart rate variability (HRV) and pulse, and spectral energy ration (SER) analysis of the pulse signal for analysis of functions
關鍵字：Constitution , ANS , Homeostasis