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Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) is the process of estimating PPG from facial videos. While this approach benefits from contactless interaction, it is reliant on videos of faces, which often constitutes an important privacy concern.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-05 Divij Gupta , Ali Etemad

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) allows for the contactless estimation of physiological signals from facial videos by analyzing subtle skin color changes. However, rPPG signals are extremely susceptible to illumination changes, motion,…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Arpan Bairagi , Rakesh Dey , Siladittya Manna , Umapada Pal

Non-contact facial video-based heart rate estimation using remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) has shown great potential in many applications (e.g., remote health care) and achieved creditable results in constrained scenarios. However,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-27 Jiaqi Kang , Su Yang , Weishan Zhang

Vital sign measurement using cameras presents opportunities for comfortable, ubiquitous health monitoring. Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG), a foundational technology, enables cardiac measurement through minute changes in light reflected…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Kegang Wang , Jiankai Tang , Yuntao Wang , Xin Liu , Yuxuan Fan , Jiatong Ji , Yuanchun Shi , Daniel McDuff

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

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG), which aims at measuring heart activities without any contact, has great potential in many applications (e.g., remote healthcare). Existing rPPG approaches rely on analyzing very fine details of facial…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-30 Zitong Yu , Wei Peng , Xiaobai Li , Xiaopeng Hong , Guoying Zhao

Heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) are important vital signs for human physical and mental health. Recent research has demonstrated that photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors can infer HR and HRV. However, it is difficult to find…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-27 Jingye Xu , Yuntong Zhang , Wei Wang , Mimi Xie , Dakai Zhu

With a surge in online medical advising remote monitoring of patient vitals is required. This can be facilitated with the Remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) techniques that compute vital signs from facial videos. It involves processing…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Amtul Haq Ayesha , Donghao Qiao , Farhana Zulkernine

Heart rate (HR) is an important physiological signal that reflects the physical and emotional status of a person. Traditional HR measurements usually rely on contact monitors, which may cause inconvenience and discomfort. Recently, some…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Xuesong Niu , Shiguang Shan , Hu Han , Xilin Chen

Wrist-worn smart devices are providing increased insights into human health, behaviour and performance through sophisticated analytics. However, battery life, device cost and sensor performance in the face of movement-related artefact…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-02 Eoin Brophy , Willie Muehlhausen , Alan F. Smeaton , Tomas E. Ward

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

Smartwatches have become popular for monitoring physiological parameters outside clinical settings. Using reflective photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors, such watches can non-invasively estimate heart rate (HR) in everyday environments and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-24 Manuel Meier , Christian Holz

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) allows for noncontact monitoring of blood volume changes from a camera by detecting minor fluctuations in reflected light. Prior applications of rPPG focused on face videos. In this paper we explored the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-23 Lu Niu , Jeremy Speth , Nathan Vance , Benjamin Sporrer , Adam Czajka , Patrick Flynn

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) technology infers heart rate by capturing subtle color changes in facial skin using a camera, demonstrating great potential in non-contact heart rate measurement. However, measurement accuracy…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Rufei Ma , Chao Chen

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) enables non-contact heart rate measurement from facial videos, but its performance is significantly degraded by facial motions such as speaking and head shaking. To address this issue, we propose two…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Gan Pei , Junhao Ning , Boqiu Shen , Yan Zhu , Menghan Hu

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) measures the variation of the time between consecutive heartbeats and is a major indicator of physical and mental health. Recent research has demonstrated that photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors can be used to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-27 Yuntong Zhang , Jingye Xu , Mimi Xie , Dakai Zhu , Houbing Song , Wei Wang

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) offers a state-of-the-art, non-contact methodology for estimating human pulse by analyzing facial videos. Despite its potential, rPPG methods can be susceptible to various artifacts, such as noise,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-01 Nhi Nguyen , Le Nguyen , Constantino Álvarez Casado , Olli Silvén , Miguel Bordallo López

Many remote Heart Rate (HR) measurement methods focus on estimating remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) signals from video clips lasting around 10 seconds but often overlook the need for HR estimation from ultra-short video clips. In this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Pei-Kai Huanga , Ya-Ting Chan , Kuan-Wen Chen , Yen-Chun Chou , Shih-Yu Yang , Chiou-Ting Hsu

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the need for low-cost, scalable approaches to measuring contactless vital signs, either during initial triage at a healthcare facility or virtual telemedicine visits. Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Sandeep Nagar , Mark Hasegawa-Johnson , David G. Beiser , Narendra Ahuja

Despite the population of the noninvasive, economic, comfortable, and easy-to-install photoplethysmography (PPG), it is still lacking a mathematically rigorous and stable algorithm which is able to simultaneously extract from a…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-09-05 Antonio Cicone , Hau-Tieng Wu