Adam Pantanowitz

Dr. Adam Pantanowitz

Biomedical Engineering Research Group, School of Electrical & Information Engineering University of The Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa
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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2009
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Adam Pantanowitz
TMTshilidzi Marwala
Tshilidzi Marwala

20 March 2023 in Applied Sciences
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BTBasheq Tarifi
Basheq Tarifi
AFAaron Fainman
Aaron Fainman
APAdam Pantanowitz
Adam Pantanowitz
DRDavid M. Rubin
David M. Rubin
Blood pressure is an important vital sign that sometimes requires continuous measurement. The current methods include cuff measurements (manual auscultation and oscillometric techniques) for non-continuous measurement and invasive arterial cannulation for continuous measurement. The use of photoplethysmography as a cuffless, non-invasive, and continuous blood pressure measurement system is investigated through the use of four neural networks. These predict the systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial blood pressure, and waveform shape. The models are trained on 890 h of data from 1669 patients in the MIMIC-III database. Feature-trained artificial neural networks predict the systolic blood pressure to 5.26 ± 6.53 mmHg (mean error ± standard deviation), the diastolic blood pressure to 2.96 ± 3.31 mmHg, and the mean arterial pressure to 3.27 ± 3.55 mmHg. These are used to shift and scale the predicted waveform, allowing the waveform prediction neural network to optimise for the wave shape rather than the amplitude. The waveform prediction has 86.4% correlation with the actual arterial blood pressure waveform. All results meet international clinical blood pressure measurement standards and could potentially change how blood pressure is measured in both clinical and research settings. However, more data from healthy individuals and analysis of the models’ biases based on clinical features is required.

1 January 2021 in Informatics in Medicine Unlocked
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APAdam Pantanowitz
Adam Pantanowitz
EMMANUEL COHENEMMANUEL COHEN
EMMANUEL COHEN
PGPhilippe Gradidge
Philippe Gradidge
NCNigel Crowther
Nigel Crowther
VAVered Aharonson
Vered Aharonson
DRD.M. Rubin
D.M. Rubin

30 January 2014 in Signal, Image and Video Processing
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AGAshley D. Gritzman
Ashley D. Gritzman
DRDavid M. Rubin
David M. Rubin
APAdam Pantanowitz
Adam Pantanowitz

1 April 2019 in Resuscitation
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SWSarah R. Ward
Sarah R. Ward
BSBronwyn C. Scott
Bronwyn C. Scott
DRDavid M. Rubin
David M. Rubin
APAdam Pantanowitz
Adam Pantanowitz

31 March 2022 in Informatics in Medicine Unlocked
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MCMuhammed Rashaad Cassim
Muhammed Rashaad Cassim
JPJason Parry
Jason Parry
APAdam Pantanowitz
Adam Pantanowitz
DRDavid M. Rubin
David M. Rubin