Ob"ektom issledovaniya yavlyayutsya gemodinamicheskie protsessy v magistral'nykh krovenosnykh sosudakh cheloveka. Proveden obzor instrumental'nykh metodov issledovaniya serdechno-sosudistoy sistemy. Issledovano vliyanie ekologicheskikh faktorov na razvitie patologiy sosudistoy sistemy. Priveden obzor sushchestvuyushchikh modeley gemodinamicheskikh protsessov. Razrabotana matematicheskaya model', osnovoy kotoroy yavlyaetsya opisanie gemodinamicheskikh protsessov s pomoshch'yu telegrafnykh uravneniy elektricheskoy dlinnoy linii. Razrabotana model' protsessov formirovaniya ob"emnoy pul'sovoy volny v perifericheskikh sosudakh pal'tsa ruki. Predlozhena model' sostoyaniya, uchityvayushchaya vozrastnye trendy pokazateley elastichnosti arterial'nogo rusla, a takzhe patologicheskie izmeneniya, privodyashchie k razlichnym zabolevaniyam arterial'noy sistemy. Poluchen diagnosticheskiy algoritm obrabotki signala ob"emnoy pul'sovoy volny. Sozdannyy algoritm pozvolyaet s vysokoy tochnost'yu i dostovernost'yu opredelyat' diagnosticheskie pokazateli na osnove analiza kontura signala ob"emnoy pul'sovoy volny, poluchennogo s pomoshch'yu metodov pal'tsevoy fotopletizmografii.