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Wearable Photoplethysmography for Cardiovascular Monitoring.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

Smart wearables provide an opportunity to monitor health in daily life and are emerging as potential tools for detecting cardiovascular disease (CVD). Wearables such as fitness bands and smartwatches routinely monitor the photoplethysmogram signal, an optical measure of the arterial pulse wave that is strongly influenced by the heart and blood vessels. In this survey, we summarize the fundamentals of wearable photoplethysmography and its analysis, identify its potential clinical applications, and outline pressing directions for future research in order to realize its full potential for tackling CVD.

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Funder: Wellcome Trust

Keywords

Cardiovascular (CV), photoplethysmogram (PPG), pulse wave, sensor, signal processing, smartwatch

Journal Title

Proc IEEE Inst Electr Electron Eng

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Journal ISSN

0018-9219
1558-2256

Volume Title

110

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Sponsorship
British Heart Foundation (FS/20/20/34626)
This work was supported by British Heart Foundation grants [PG/15/104/31913] and [FS/20/20/34626], the University of Cambridge EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account, the Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Medical Engineering at King’s College London [WT 203148/Z/16/Z], the European COST ACTION-Network for Research in Vascular Ageing CA18216 supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), and the European Regional Development Fund (project No. 01.2.2-LMTK- 718-01-0030) under a grant agreement with the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT). The authors acknowledge: financial support from the Department of Health through the National Institute for Health Research Cardiovascular MedTech Co-operative at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.