DocumentCode
1670434
Title
Measurement of heart rate using photoplethysmography
Author
Saquib, Nazmus ; Papon, Tarikul Islam ; Ahmad, Ishtiyaque ; Rahman, Ashikur
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Bangladesh Univ. of Eng. & Technol. Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
fYear
2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
6
Abstract
Heart rate, or pulse, is one of the vital signs used to measure basic functions of human body. Heart rate is the number of times one´s heart beats per minute. The method that has been used to measure heart rate in this project is widely known as photoplethysmography (PPG). The constructed device can be used to find out the heart rate of a person and to analyze readings using existing software. Theoretically, any body part can be used to measure heart rate through the sensor of the device, although fingertips and earlobes are commonly targeted.
Keywords
biomedical equipment; cardiology; photoplethysmography; PPG device construction; PPG reading analysis; PPG software; basic human body function measurement; earlobe; fingertip; heart rate measurement; photoplethysmography; pulse measurement; vital sign; Blood; Capacitors; Heart beat; Microcontrollers; Photoplethysmography; Heart Rate Measurement; Photoplethysmography; Pulse Measurement; Vital Signs;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Networking Systems and Security (NSysS), 2015 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Dhaka
Print_ISBN
978-1-4799-8125-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/NSysS.2015.7043525
Filename
7043525
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