Blood flow index calculating method, blood flow index calculating apparatus, and recording medium

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a blood flow index calculating program that causes a computer to execute a process comprising:

• obtaining, by a camera, an image capturing a first site of a living body and a second site of the living body, the first site being a part of the living body of a subject, and the second site being a site different from the first site;
• extracting an area of the first site of the living body and an area of the second site of the living body, the areas being included in the image;
• detecting a pulse wave pattern of the first site of the living body from the area of the first site of the living body and detecting a pulse wave pattern of the second site of the living body from the area of the second site of the living body;
• first calculating a delay amount between the pulse wave pattern of the first site of the living body and the pulse wave pattern of the second site of the living body;
• and
• second calculating an index related to blood flow by using the delay amount wherein the detecting includes:
• extracting a component of a particular frequency band other than a frequency band that pulse waves are possibly in among respective wavelength components, for each of the wavelength components, the particular frequency band being any frequency band other than a frequency band that pulse waves are possibly in;
• calculating a correction coefficient for minimizing a component of the particular frequency band when a difference between signals of representative values of the respective wavelength components is computed by comparison between magnitudes of the components of the particular frequency band of the respective wavelength components, and wherein the component of the particular frequency band is minimized by the correction coefficient after the calculating;
• multiplying a signal value of at least one signal having the representative values as the respective wavelength components by the correction coefficient;
• and
• detecting a waveform of a signal in which the components of the particular frequency band have been offset with one another by calculation of the difference between the signals of the representative values of the respective wavelength components after the multiplication by the correction coefficient.

A blood flow index calculating apparatus comprising:

• a processor configured to execute a process including:
• obtaining, by a camera, an image capturing a first site of a living body and a second site of the living body, the first site being a part of the living body of a subject, and the second site being a site different from the first site;
• extracting an area of the first site of the living body and an area of the second site of the living body, the areas being included in the image;
• detecting a pulse wave pattern of the first site of the living body from the area of the first site of the living body and detecting a pulse wave pattern of the second site of the living body from the area of the second site of the living body;
• first calculating a delay amount between the pulse wave pattern of the first site of the living body and the pulse wave pattern of the second site of the living body;
• and
• second calculating an index related to blood flow by using the delay amount, wherein the detecting includes:
• extracting a component of a particular frequency band other than a frequency band that pulse waves are possibly in among respective wavelength components, for each of the wavelength components, the particular frequency band being any frequency band other than a frequency band that pulse waves are possibly in;
• calculating a correction coefficient for minimizing a component of the particular frequency band when a difference between signals of representative values of the respective wavelength components is computed by comparison between magnitudes of the components of the particular frequency band of the respective wavelength components, and wherein the component of the particular frequency band is minimized by the correction coefficient after the calculating;
• multiplying a signal value of at least one signal having the representative values as the respective wavelength components by the correction coefficient;
• and
• detecting a waveform of a signal in which the components of the particular frequency band have been offset with one another by calculation of the difference between the signals of the representative values of the respective wavelength components after the multiplication by the correction coefficient.