TE
TechEcho
Home24h TopNewestBestAskShowJobs
GitHubTwitter
Home

TechEcho

A tech news platform built with Next.js, providing global tech news and discussions.

GitHubTwitter

Home

HomeNewestBestAskShowJobs

Resources

HackerNews APIOriginal HackerNewsNext.js

© 2025 TechEcho. All rights reserved.

U of T researchers accurately measure blood pressure using phone camera

14 pointsby njaremkoalmost 6 years ago

2 comments

cbanekalmost 6 years ago
This is really interesting. I love the idea.<p>&gt; The researchers found they were able to measure three types of blood pressure with 95 to 96 per cent accuracy.<p>First question, what is the third type of blood pressure? I just know the two numbers, systolic and diastolic.<p>Second, what it the accuracy of current devices? (Which also have gone automated, and seem pretty nifty) It seems like being 5% off could push someone over the newly lowered border of worrying blood pressure at systolic &gt; 120.
merpnderpalmost 6 years ago
How is this measuring pressure? Changes in brightness could just be more flexible veins or some other attribute being measured than pressure. Without more info, this seems too good to be true.