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Wearables are widely used for mobile health monitoring, and photoplethysmography (PPG) is a key sensing modality for heart rate and related physiological measurements. However, public in-the-wild PPG datasets remain largely wrist-centric or…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Jiayi Shao , Jiaying Ye , Shengyao Liu , Zachary Englhardt , Girish Narayanswamy , Vikram Iyer , Qiuyue Shirley Xue

Cardiac abnormalities affecting heart rate and rhythm are commonly observed in both healthy and acutely unwell people. Although many of these are benign, they can sometimes indicate a serious health risk. ECG monitors are typically used to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-12 Stewart Whiting , Samuel Moreland , Jason Costello , Glen Colopy , Christopher McCann

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

PPG-based Blood Pressure (BP) estimation is a challenging biosignal processing task for low-power devices such as wearables. State-of-the-art Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) trained for this task implement either a PPG-to-BP signal-to-signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-13 Alessio Burrello , Francesco Carlucci , Giovanni Pollo , Xiaying Wang , Massimo Poncino , Enrico Macii , Luca Benini , Daniele Jahier Pagliari

Wearable photoplethysmography (WPPG) has recently become a common technology in heart rate (HR) monitoring. General observation is that the motion artifacts change the statistics of the acquired PPG signal. Consequently, estimation of HR…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2016-10-18 Harishchandra Dubey , Ramdas Kumaresan , Kunal Mankodiya

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

The recent developments in wearable devices and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) allow real-time monitoring and recording of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. However, continuous monitoring of ECG signals is challenging in low-power…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-16 Berken Utku Demirel , Islam Abdelsalam Bayoumy , Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruque

This paper presents a computational solution that enables continuous cardiac monitoring through cross-modality inference of electrocardiogram (ECG). While some smartwatches now allow users to obtain a 30-second ECG test by tapping a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-20 Yuenan Li , Xin Tian , Qiang Zhu , Min Wu

Heart rate monitoring using wrist-type photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals during subjects' intensive exercise is a difficult problem, since the signals are contaminated by extremely strong motion artifacts caused by subjects' hand…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-02-09 Zhilin Zhang , Zhouyue Pi , Benyuan Liu

Smartphone-based heart rate (HR) monitoring apps using finger-over-camera photoplethysmography (PPG) face significant challenges in performance evaluation and device compatibility due to device variability and fragmentation. Manual testing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Ming-Zher Poh , Jonathan Wang , Jonathan Hsu , Lawrence Cai , Eric Teasley , James A. Taylor , Jameson K. Rogers , Anupam Pathak , Shwetak Patel

Biometric authentication using physiological signals offers a promising path toward secure and user-friendly access control in wearable devices. While electrocardiogram (ECG) signals have shown high discriminability, their intrusive sensing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Wei Shao , Zequan Liang , Ruoyu Zhang , Ruijie Fang , Ning Miao , Ehsan Kourkchi , Setareh Rafatirad , Houman Homayoun , Chongzhou Fang

Continuous monitoring of heart rate variability (HRV) provides insights in cardiovascular health. Wearable Photoplethysmography (PPG) assures convenient measurement of HRV. PPG, however, is susceptible to motion artifacts, considerably…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Luffina C. Huang

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a widely adopted, non-invasive technique for monitoring cardiovascular health and physiological parameters in both consumer and clinical settings. While motion artifacts in dynamic environments have been…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-04-17 Manh Pham Hung , Matthew Yiwen Ho , Yiming Zhang , Dimitris Spathis , Aaqib Saeed , Dong Ma

In this paper we study the prediction of heart rate from acceleration using a wrist worn wearable. Although existing photoplethysmography (PPG) heart rate sensors provide reliable measurements, they use considerably more energy than…

Photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors have been widely used in consumer wearable devices to monitor heart rates (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV). Despite the prevalence, PPG signals can be contaminated by motion artifacts induced from…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-17 Chunsheng Zuo , Yu Zhao , Juntao Ye

The technological advancement in wireless health monitoring through the direct contact of the skin allows the development of light-weight wrist-worn wearable devices to be equipped with different sensors such as photoplethysmography (PPG)…

Biosignal monitoring, in particular heart activity through heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) tracking, is vital in enabling continuous, non-invasive tracking of physiological and cognitive states. Recent studies have explored…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-06 Carlos Santos , Sebastian Frey , Andrea Cossettini , Luca Benini , Victor Kartsch

Heart rate estimation from photoplethysmography (PPG) signals generated by wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers has significant implications for the health and well-being of individuals. Although prior work has…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Kanav Arora , Girish Narayanswamy , Shwetak Patel , Richard Li

Cardiovascular disease has become one of the most significant threats endangering human life and health. Recently, Electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring has been transformed into remote cardiac monitoring by Holter surveillance. However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-26 Peng Wang , Zihuai Lin , Xucun Yan , Zijiao Chen , Ming Ding , Yang Song , Lu Meng

Smart watches and other wearable devices are equipped with photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors for monitoring heart rate and other aspects of cardiovascular health. However, PPG signals collected from such devices are susceptible to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-12 Pranay Jain , Cheng Ding , Cynthia Rudin , Xiao Hu