The arterial health of an individual can be determined by: attaching a fingertip photopiethysmography device to a fingertip of the hand of the elevated arm of the individual； measuring the analog pulse contour of the individual using the fingertip photopiethysmography device； digitizing the analog pulse contour； analyzing the digitized pulse contour for stable waveforms； processing the stable waveforms of the digitized pulse contour using dynamic time warping； comparing the stable waveforms to a library of known disease state waveforms； and assigning a most probable disease state for the individual based on said comparison.
