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Robust contactless pulse transit time estimation based on signal quality metric

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Fan, Xijian and Tjahjadi, Tardi (2020) Robust contactless pulse transit time estimation based on signal quality metric. Pattern Recognition Letters, 137 . pp. 12-16. doi:10.1016/j.patrec.2019.06.016 ISSN 0167-8655.

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Abstract

The pulse transit time (PTT) can provide valuable insight into cardiovascular health, specifically regarding arterial stiffness and blood pressure. Traditionally, PTT is derived by calculating the time difference between two photoplethysmography (PPG) measurements, which require a set of body-worn sensors attached to the skin. Recently, remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) has been proposed as a contactless monitoring alternative. The main problem with rPPG based PTT estimation is that motion artifacts affect the shape of waveform leading to the shift or over-detected peaks, which decreases the accuracy of PTT. To overcome this problem, this paper presents a robust pulse-by-pulse PTT estimation framework using a signal quality metric. By exploiting the local temporal information and global periodic characteristics, the metric automatically assesses pulse quality of signal on a pulse-by-pulse basis, and calculates the probabilities of the pulse peak being the actual peak. Furthermore, in order to cope with over-detected and shift pulse peaks, Kalman filter complemented by the proposed signal quality metric is used to adaptively adjust the peaks based on the estimated probability. All the refined peaks are finally used for pulse-by-pulse PTT estimation. The experiment results are promising, suggesting that the proposed framework provides a robust and more accurate PTT estimation in real applications.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Signal processing, Pulse -- Measurement , Blood pressure -- Measurement
Journal or Publication Title: Pattern Recognition Letters
Publisher: Elsevier BV
ISSN: 0167-8655
Official Date: September 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
September 2020Published
18 June 2019Available
17 June 2019Accepted
Volume: 137
Page Range: pp. 12-16
DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2019.06.016
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 24 June 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access: 18 June 2020

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