Paperdoi:10.1109/embc.2014.6944453

Comparison of methods for determining pulse arrival time from Doppler and photoplethysmography signals

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Authors: Justin P. Phillips, Panayiotis A. Kyriacou

2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

TL;DR

The aim of this study was to compare three foot-finding methods applied to ultrasound Doppler and photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals: maximum 1st derivative, maximum 2nd derivative and an 'intersecting tangents' method. The pulse arrival times of each method were compared. Also the precision of each method was evaluated by comparing instantaneous cardiac periods derived using each method from simultaneous Doppler and PPG with a reference measurement: the R-R interval calculated from a simultaneously recorded ECG.

  • Published in 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (2014).

Abstract

The aim of this study was to compare three foot-finding methods applied to ultrasound Doppler and photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals: maximum 1st derivative, maximum 2nd derivative and an 'intersecting tangents' method. The pulse arrival times of each method were compared. Also the precision of each method was evaluated by comparing instantaneous cardiac periods derived using each method from simultaneous Doppler and PPG with a reference measurement: the R-R interval calculated from a simultaneously recorded ECG. The results show that the maximum 1st derivative method produced significantly larger pulse arrival times than the other two methods. The intersecting tangents method produced greatest precision for cardiac periods compared with ECG than maximum 1st or 2nd derivatives for both Doppler (r(2) = 0.975) and PPG (r(2) = 0.987) signals.

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Keywords

Kyriacou BibliographyBlood Pressure Vascular Health

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How Method works: Setup → Method → TargetSetup: Signals (PPG). Method: Method. Target: Blood pressure.SetupSignals: PPGSignalsPPGMethodMethodTargetBlood pressureBlood pressure

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Phillips, J. P., & Kyriacou, P. A. (2014). Comparison of methods for determining pulse arrival time from Doppler and photoplethysmography signals. 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/embc.2014.6944453
Phillips, Justin P. and Panayiotis A. Kyriacou. 2014. "Comparison of methods for determining pulse arrival time from Doppler and photoplethysmography signals." 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/embc.2014.6944453.
Phillips, J. P. and Kyriacou, P. A. (2014) 'Comparison of methods for determining pulse arrival time from Doppler and photoplethysmography signals', 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. doi: 10.1109/embc.2014.6944453.
Phillips, Justin P., and Panayiotis A. Kyriacou "Comparison of methods for determining pulse arrival time from Doppler and photoplethysmography signals." 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/embc.2014.6944453.
J. P. Phillips and P. A. Kyriacou, "Comparison of methods for determining pulse arrival time from Doppler and photoplethysmography signals," 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2014, doi: 10.1109/embc.2014.6944453.
@inproceedings{phillips2014comparison,
  title         = {{Comparison of methods for determining pulse arrival time from Doppler and photoplethysmography signals}},
  author        = {Phillips, Justin P. and Kyriacou, Panayiotis A.},
  year          = {2014},
  booktitle     = {2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society},
  doi           = {10.1109/embc.2014.6944453}
}

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