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Photoplethysmography (PPG) is widely used in wearable health monitoring, yet large PPG foundation models remain difficult to deploy on resource-limited devices. We present PPG-Distill, a knowledge distillation framework that transfers both…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Juntong Ni , Saurabh Kataria , Shengpu Tang , Carl Yang , Xiao Hu , Wei Jin

In this paper we propose a robust approach to model photoplethysmography (PPG) signals. After decomposing the signal into two components, we focus the analysis on the pulsatile part, related to cardiac information. The goal is to enable a…

Applications · Statistics 2019-05-28 M. Regis , L. M. Eerikäinen , R. Haakma , E. R. van den Heuvel , P. Serra

Smart wearables enable continuous tracking of established biomarkers such as heart rate, heart rate variability, and blood oxygen saturation via photoplethysmography (PPG). Beyond these metrics, PPG waveforms contain richer physiological…

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

Photoplethysmography (PPG) devices are widely used for monitoring cardiovascular function. However, these devices require skin contact, which restrict their use to at-rest short-term monitoring using single-point measurements.…

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

Exploiting photoplethysmography signals (PPG) for non-invasive blood pressure (BP) measurement is interesting for various reasons. First, PPG can easily be measured using fingerclip sensors. Second, camera-based approaches allow to derive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Fabian Schrumpf , Patrick Frenzel , Christoph Aust , Georg Osterhoff , Mirco Fuchs

Recently, physiological signal-based biometric systems have received wide attention. Unlike traditional biometric features, physiological signals can not be easily compromised (usually unobservable to human eyes). Photoplethysmography (PPG)…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Lin Li , Chao Chen , Lei Pan , Yonghang Tai , Jun Zhang , Yang Xiang

Photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals are easily contaminated by motion artifacts in real-world settings, despite their widespread use in Internet-of-Things (IoT) based wearable and smart health devices for cardiovascular health monitoring. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-11 Yali Zheng , Chen Wu , Peizheng Cai , Zhiqiang Zhong , Hongda Huang , Yuqi Jiang

Photoplethysmography (PPG) plays a crucial role in continuous cardiovascular health monitoring as a non-invasive and cost-effective modality. However, PPG signals are susceptible to motion artifacts and noise, making accurate estimation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-05 Shuntaro Suzuki , Shuitsu Koyama , Shinnosuke Hirano , Shunya Nagashima

This study introduces a novel application of a Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) model tailored for photoplethysmography (PPG) signals, serving as a foundation model for various downstream tasks. Adapting the standard GPT…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-12 Zhaoliang Chen , Cheng Ding , Saurabh Kataria , Runze Yan , Minxiao Wang , Randall Lee , Xiao Hu

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

Photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor in wearable and clinical devices provides valuable physiological insights in a non-invasive and real-time fashion. Specialized Foundation Models (FM) or repurposed time-series FMs are used to benchmark…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Saurabh Kataria , Ayca Ermis , Lovely Yeswanth Panchumarthi , Minxiao Wang , Xiao Hu

Photoplethysmography (PPG) signal comprises physiological information related to cardiorespiratory health. However, while recording, these PPG signals are easily corrupted by motion artifacts and body movements, leading to noise enriched,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-11 Tamaghno Chatterjee , Aayushman Ghosh , Sayan Sarkar

Multi-channel photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors have found widespread adoption in wearable devices for monitoring cardiac health. Channels thereby serve different functions -- whereas green is commonly used for metrics such as heart rate…

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

Blood pressure (BP) is a key indicator of cardiovascular health. As hypertension remains a global cause of morbidity and mortality, accurate, continuous, and non-invasive BP monitoring is therefore of paramount importance.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-20 Bálint Tóth , Dominik Senti , Thorir Mar Ingolfsson , Jeffrey Zweidler , Alexandre Elsig , Luca Benini , Yawei Li

Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) is an important technique for perceiving human vital signs, which has received extensive attention. For a long time, researchers have focused on supervised methods that rely on large amounts of labeled…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Xin Liu , Yuting Zhang , Zitong Yu , Hao Lu , Huanjing Yue , Jingyu Yang

Heart rate (HR) estimation from photoplethysmography (PPG) signals is a key feature of modern wearable devices for health and wellness monitoring. While deep learning models show promise, their performance relies on the availability of…

rPPG (Remote photoplethysmography) is a technology that measures and analyzes BVP (Blood Volume Pulse) by using the light absorption characteristics of hemoglobin captured through a camera. Analyzing the measured BVP can derive various…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-21 Dae-Yeol Kim , Eunsu Goh , KwangKee Lee , JongEui Chae , JongHyeon Mun , Junyeong Na , Chae-bong Sohn , Do-Yup Kim

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