| Title |
A Study on Performance Enhancement of Period Detection in Pulse Wave |
| Authors |
이현민(Lee, Hyun-Min) ; 김동준(Kim, Dong-Jun) |
| Keywords |
PPG ; Pulse wave ; Heart rate period detection |
| Abstract |
Heart rate may be a very important parameter in human health. To extract heart rate, the electrocardiogram(ECG) is commonly used. But the ECG acquisition procedure is very complex. On the other hand, the acquisition of pulse wave or photoplethysmogram(PPG) is very easy. However, the peak of PPG is not so sharp as ECG. This study tries to enhance the performance of peak detection in PPG signal. The method uses the average slopes around the main peak. The crossing point of the increasing and the decreasing slopes is selected as the peak point of heart rate period. The proposed method showed smoothed heart rate graph and reduced irregularity in heart rate values. |