Title :
Characterization of photoplethysmographic blood volume pulse waveforms for exercise evaluation
Author :
Barreto, A. ; Heimer, M. ; Garcia, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florida Int. Univ., Miami, FL, USA
Abstract :
The changes in the blood volume pulse (BVP) of exercising subjects are monitored and analyzed using three different approaches: averaged histogram, average periodogram and average beat amplitude and area. The results for all of these methods of analysis are shown
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; haemodynamics; medical signal processing; volume measurement; average beat amplitude; average beat area; average periodogram; averaged histogram; exercise evaluation; exercising subjects; photoplethysmographic blood volume pulse waveforms; waveform analysis methods; Blood; Fingers; Frequency; Histograms; Interference; Monitoring; Personnel; Pulse measurements; Transducers; Volume measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Biomedical Engineering Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995 Fourteenth Southern
Conference_Location :
Shreveport, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2083-2
DOI :
10.1109/SBEC.1995.514483
