Applying the APG to measure Heart Rate Variability

Author

Elgendi, Mohamed ; Jonkman, Mirjam ; De Boer, Friso

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Inf. Technol., Charles Darwin Univ., Darwin, NT, Australia

Volume

3

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

514

Lastpage

517

Abstract

The Acceleration Plethysmogram (APG) is used to calculate the heart rate (HR) and HRV. The APG is an optical technique that has been developed for experimental use in vascular diseases. It is considered a promising tool that may replace some of the current traditional cardiovascular diagnostic tools. The performance of the proposed algorithm when tested on 26 records measured at rest showed very promising results. Our results demonstrate that the HRV indices, SDNN and rMSSD can be calculated using APG signals collected at rest.

Keywords

cardiology; electrocardiography; medical signal processing; plethysmography; APG signals; ECG signal; acceleration plethysmogram; cardiovascular diagnostic tools; heart rate variability; optical technique; vascular diseases; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Blood pressure; Electrocardiography; Heart beat; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Information technology; Pulse measurements; Testing; Plethysmogram; heart rate; heart rate variability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE), 2010 The 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5585-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5586-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5452042

Filename

5452042