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Respiratory and cardiac monitoring at night using a wrist wearable optical system
Sleep monitoring provides valuable insights into the general health of an
individual and helps in the diagnostic of sleep-derived illnesses.
Polysomnography, is considered the gold standard for such task. However, it is
very unwieldy and therefore not suitable for long-term analysis. Here, we
present a non-intrusive wearable system that, by using photoplethysmography, it
can estimate beat-to-beat intervals, pulse rate, and breathing rate reliably
during the night. The performance of the proposed approach was evaluated
empirically in the Department of Psychology at the University of Fribourg. Each
participant was wearing two smart-bracelets from Ava as well as a complete
polysomnographic setup as reference. The resulting mean absolute errors are
17.4 ms (MAPE 1.8%) for the beat-to-beat intervals, 0.13 beats-per-minute (MAPE
0.20%) for the pulse rate, and 0.9 breaths-per-minute (MAPE 6.7%) for the
breath rate.Comment: Submitted to the 40th International Conference of the IEEE
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Detection of Beat-to-Beat Intervals from Wrist Photoplethysmography in Patients with Sinus Rhythm and Atrial Fibrillation after Surgery
Wrist photoplethysmography (PPG) allows unobtrusive monitoring of the heart
rate (HR). PPG is affected by the capillary blood perfusion and the pumping
function of the heart, which generally deteriorate with age and due to presence
of cardiac arrhythmia. The performance of wrist PPG in monitoring beat-to-beat
HR in older patients with arrhythmia has not been reported earlier. We
monitored PPG from wrist in 18 patients recovering from surgery in the post
anesthesia care unit, and evaluated the inter-beat interval (IBI) detection
accuracy against ECG based R-to-R intervals (RRI). Nine subjects had sinus
rhythm (SR, 68.0y10.2y, 6 males) and nine subjects had atrial fibrillation
(AF, 71.3y7.8y, 4 males) during the recording. For the SR group, 99.44% of
the beats were correctly identified, 2.39% extra beats were detected, and the
mean absolute error (MAE) was 7.34 ms. For the AF group, 97.49% of the
heartbeats were correctly identified, 2.26% extra beats were detected, and the
MAE was 14.31 ms. IBI from the PPG were hence in close agreement with the ECG
reference in both groups. The results suggest that wrist PPG provides a
comfortable alternative to ECG and can be used for long-term monitoring and
screening of AF episodes.Comment: Submitted to the 2018 IEEE International Conference on Biomedical and
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Comparison of hip and wrist accelerometers in a pre-adolescent population in free-living and semi-structured physical activity
PURPOSE: The primary aim of this study was to examine the accuracy of a hip (Evenson algorithm) and wrist-worn (Crouter algorithm) accelerometer in assessing time spent in different intensity categories in pre-adolescent girls during semi-structured dance classes using direct observation (D.O.) as the criterion measure. The secondary aim of this study was to examine the validity of a wrist-worn accelerometer for dichotomizing pre-adolescent girls as meeting or not meeting different preselected doses of moderate-to-vigorous PA compared to the hip-worn accelerometer. METHODS: Data were collected and analyzed on a total of 6 participants (age = 10.22 ± 2.38) for the primary aim. Additionally, data was collected and analyzed on a total of 20 participants (age = 8.6 ± 1.6) for the secondary aim. RESULTS: Compared to D.O., the wrist-worn accelerometer was inaccurate in measuring time spent in light PA, vigorous PA and MVPA. Additionally, the hip-worn accelerometer was inaccurate in measuring time spent in sedentary time, light PA, vigorous PA and total PA. Further, for the secondary aim, there was a significant difference between device location and meeting PA dosage for three days and five days. CONCLUSION: Traditional accelerometer algorithms rely on the activity count cut-point method which provides mixed to poor results of activity intensity classification regardless of wear location. Future research should move away from the activity count cut-point method and aim to develop algorithms that use more of the rich data available from the accelerometers’ acceleration signal
The 2023 wearable photoplethysmography roadmap
Photoplethysmography is a key sensing technology which is used in wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers. Currently, photoplethysmography sensors are used to monitor physiological parameters including heart rate and heart rhythm, and to track activities like sleep and exercise. Yet, wearable photoplethysmography has potential to provide much more information on health and wellbeing, which could inform clinical decision making. This Roadmap outlines directions for research and development to realise the full potential of wearable photoplethysmography. Experts discuss key topics within the areas of sensor design, signal processing, clinical applications, and research directions. Their perspectives provide valuable guidance to researchers developing wearable photoplethysmography technology
Agreement between two photoplethysmography-based wearable devices for monitoring heart rate during different physical activity situations : a new analysis methodology
Wearables are being increasingly used to monitor heart rate (HR). However, their usefulness for analyzing continuous HR in research or at clinical level is questionable. The aim of this study is to analyze the level of agreement between different wearables in the measurement of HR based on photoplethysmography, according to different body positions and physical activity levels, and compared to a gold-standard ECG. The proposed method measures agreement among several time scales since different wearables obtain HR at different sampling rates. Eighteen university students (10 men, 8 women; 22 ± 2.45 years old) participated in a laboratory study. Participants simultaneously wore an Apple Watch and a Polar Vantage watch. ECG was measured using a BIOPAC system. HR was recorded continuously and simultaneously by the three devices, for consecutive 5-min periods in 4 different situations: lying supine, sitting, standing and walking at 4 km/h on a treadmill. HR estimations were obtained with the maximum precision offered by the software of each device and compared by averaging in several time scales, since the wearables obtained HR at different sampling rates, although results are more detailed for 5 s and 30 s epochs. Bland-Altman (B-A) plots show that there is no noticeable difference between data from the ECG and any of the smartwatches while participants were lying down. In this position, the bias is low when averaging in both 5 s and 30 s. Differently, B-A plots show that there are differences when the situation involves some level of physical activity, especially for shorter epochs. That is, the discrepancy between devices and the ECG was greater when walking on the treadmill and during short time scales. The device showing the biggest discrepancy was the Polar Watch, and the one with the best results was the Apple Watch. We conclude that photoplethysmography-based wearable devices are suitable for monitoring HR averages at regular intervals, especially at rest, but their feasibility is debatable for a continuous analysis of HR for research or clinical purposes, especially when involving some level of physical activity. An important contribution of this work is a new methodology to synchronize and measure the agreement against a gold standard of two or more devices measuring HR at different and not necessarily even paces
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