• DocumentCode
    13248
  • Title

    Experimental Investigation of the Roles of Blood Volume and Density in Finger Photoplethysmography

  • Author

    Keikhosravi, Adib ; Zahedi, Edmond ; Attar, Hamid Movahedian ; Aghajani, Haleh

  • Author_Institution
    Electrical Engineering Department, Biomedical Engineering Group, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    May-13
  • Firstpage
    1397
  • Lastpage
    1398
  • Abstract
    Using simultaneous photoplethysmogram (PPG) and pulse transducer signals from the same finger, a high correlation (Mean: 98.6, STD: 1) is obtained between the AC part of the PPG and estimated volume changes (after normalization). These results point to the fact that in the resting fingertip, PPG signal variations are only due to volume changes and that blood density does not change thus has no contribution.
  • Keywords
    Biomedical monitoring; Blood; Correlation; Optical pulses; Photoplethysmography; Piezoelectric transducers; Blood density changes; photoplethysmography; piezoelectric sensor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Sensors Journal, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1530-437X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JSEN.2013.2240677
  • Filename
    6413164