Reliable pulse rate evaluation by smartphone

Author

Lamonaca, F. ; Kurylyak, Y. ; Grimaldi, D. ; Spagnuolo, V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Comput. & Syst. Sci., Univ. of Calabria, Rende, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

18-19 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The paper deals with the robust and reliable evaluation of the Pulse Rate (PR) with a smartphone. The smartphone camera is used to evaluate the volumetric variation of blood by monitoring the change of light absorption in the tissue. Once assessed the correct working operation, the PhotoPlethysmoGram (PPG) signal is detected and the PR is evaluated on the basis of adaptive and statistical analysis. To validate the pointed out method, the PR, evaluated by smartphone, is compared with the Ambulatory Blood Pressure monitor Spacelabs 90207, that is clinically validated medical device. The experimental results confirm the correctness and suitability of the proposed method.

Keywords

adaptive signal processing; blood pressure measurement; medical signal processing; patient monitoring; photoplethysmography; smart phones; statistical analysis; Spacelabs 90207; adaptive analysis; ambulatory blood pressure monitor; blood volumetric variation; medical device; photoplethysmogram signal; pointed out method; pulse rate evaluation; smartphone camera; statistical analysis; tissue light absorption change monitoring; Biomedical monitoring; Blood pressure; Cameras; Fingers; Light emitting diodes; Monitoring; Reliability; camera; photoplethysmography; pulse rate evaluation; smartphone;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Budapest

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0880-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MeMeA.2012.6226672

Filename

6226672