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Goal: A new method for heart rate monitoring using photoplethysmography (PPG) during physical activities is proposed. Methods: It jointly estimates spectra of PPG signals and simultaneous acceleration signals, utilizing the multiple…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-07-22 Zhilin Zhang

Ischemic heart disease is the highest cause of mortality globally each year. This not only puts a massive strain on the lives of those affected but also on the public healthcare systems. To understand the dynamics of the healthy and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Eoin Brophy , Maarten De Vos , Geraldine Boylan , Tomas Ward

Continuous monitoring of vital signs in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs) is essential for early detection of clinical deterioration and effective clinical decision-making. However, contact-based sensors such as pulse oximeters may…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Mohamed Khalil Ben Salah , Philippe Jouvet , Rita Noumeir

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is the leading non-invasive technique for monitoring biosignals and cardiovascular health, with widespread adoption in both clinical settings and consumer wearable devices. While machine learning models trained on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-06 Arvind Pillai , Dimitris Spathis , Fahim Kawsar , Mohammad Malekzadeh

With the improvement of sensor technology and significant algorithmic advances, the accuracy of remote heart rate monitoring technology has been significantly improved. Despite of the significant algorithmic advances, the performance of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-17 Lin Xi , Weihai Chen , Changchen Zhao , Xingming Wu , Jianhua Wang

Photoplethysmography (PPG) refers to the measurement of variations in blood volume using light and is a feature of most wearable devices. The PPG signals provide insight into the body's circulatory system and can be employed to extract…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Yuyang Miao , Harry J. Davies , Danilo P. Mandic

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a non-invasive technology that measures changes in blood volume in the microvascular bed of tissue. It is commonly used in medical devices such as pulse oximeters and wrist worn heart rate monitors to monitor…

Respiratory ailments such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, and lung cancer are life-threatening. Respiration rate (RR) is a vital indicator of the wellness of a patient. Continuous monitoring of RR can…

Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) is a fast-growing technique of vital sign estimation by analyzing video of a person. Several major phenomena affecting rPPG signals have been studied (e.g. video compression, distance from person to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-28 Yuriy Mironenko , Konstantin Kalinin , Mikhail Kopeliovich , Mikhail Petrushan

This paper addresses the problem of remote sensing image pan-sharpening from the perspective of generative adversarial learning. We propose a novel deep neural network based method named PSGAN. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Qingjie Liu , Huanyu Zhou , Qizhi Xu , Xiangyu Liu , Yunhong Wang

In order to obtain insights into the feasibility of replacing ECG-guided triggering in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) by a system based on video photoplethysmography (PPG), PPG and ECG data were collected from volunteers in an MRI…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-19 A. C. den Brinker , H. H. Der Sarkissian , J. H. Wülbern , B. Balmaekers , M. Padalko , J. Sénégas , R. Springorum , C. Possanzini

Human health can be critically affected by cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, arrhythmias, and stroke. Heart rate and blood pressure are important biometric information for the monitoring of cardiovascular system and early…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Gyutae Hwang , Sang Jun Lee

Depression is a mental illness that may be harmful to an individual's health. The detection of mental health disorders in the early stages and a precise diagnosis are critical to avoid social, physiological, or psychological side effects.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-06-10 Constantino Álvarez Casado , Manuel Lage Cañellas , Miguel Bordallo López

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) enables contactless physiological sensing from facial videos by analyzing subtle appearance variations induced by blood circulation. However, modeling the temporal dynamics of these signals remains…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Ba-Thinh Nguyen , Thi-Duyen Ngo , Thanh-Trung Huynh , Thanh-Ha Le , Huy-Hieu Pham

Continuous blood pressure (BP) estimation via photoplethysmography (PPG) remains a significant challenge, particularly in providing comprehensive cardiovascular insights for hypertensive complications. This study presents a novel…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-04-24 Yaowen Zhang , Libera Fresiello , Peter H. Veltink , Dirk W. Donker , Ying Wang

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a non-invasive and economical technique to extract vital signs of the human body. Although it has been widely used in consumer and research grade wrist devices to track a user's physiology, the PPG signal is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-08 Runyu Mao , Mackenzie Tweardy , Stephan W. Wegerich , Craig J. Goergen , George R. Wodicka , Fengqing Zhu

Vital signs such as pulse rate and breathing rate are currently measured using contact probes. But, non-contact methods for measuring vital signs are desirable both in hospital settings (e.g. in NICU) and for ubiquitous in-situ health…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2015-03-25 Mayank Kumar , Ashok Veeraraghavan , Ashutosh Sabharval

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) enables contactless physiological monitoring by capturing subtle skin-color variations from facial videos. However, most existing methods predominantly rely on time-domain modeling, making them vulnerable…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-02 Wei Qian , Dan Guo , Jinxing Zhou , Bochao Zou , Zitong Yu , Meng Wang

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) technology has become increasingly popular due to its non-invasive monitoring of various physiological indicators, making it widely applicable in multimedia interaction, healthcare, and emotion analysis.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Weiyu Sun , Xinyu Zhang , Hao Lu , Ying Chen , Yun Ge , Xiaolin Huang , Jie Yuan , Yingcong Chen

We present a lightweight neural model for remote heart rate estimation focused on the efficient spatio-temporal learning of facial photoplethysmography (PPG) based on i) modelling of PPG dynamics by combinations of multiple convolutional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Joaquim Comas , Adria Ruiz , Federico Sukno