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An optimal filter for short photoplethysmogram signals

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Liang, Yongbo, Elgendi, Mohamed, Chen, Zhencheng, Ward, Rabab·2018·Scientific Data

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A photoplethysmogram (PPG) contains a wealth of cardiovascular system information, and with the development of wearable technology, it has become the basic technique for evaluating cardiovascular health and detecting diseases. However, due to the varying environments in which wearable devices are used and, consequently, their varying susceptibility to noise interference, effective processing of PPG signals is challenging. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the optimal filter and filter order to be used for PPG signal processing to make the systolic and diastolic waves more salient in the filtered PPG signal using the skewness quality index. Nine types of filters with 10 different orders were used to filter 219 (2.1s) short PPG signals. The signals were divided into three categories by PPG experts according to their noise levels: excellent, acceptable, or unfit. Results show that the Chebyshev II filter can improve the PPG signal quality more effectively than other types of filters and that the optimal order for the Chebyshev II filter is the 4 th order.

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Authors
Liang, Y., Elgendi, M., Chen, Z., & Ward, R.
Affiliations
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • Guilin University of Electronic Technology (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Elgendi, Mohamed
  • Chen, Zhencheng
Venue
Scientific Data
Published
2018-05-01
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
180076-180076
ISSN
2052-4463 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2802068140
Cited by
242
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 33 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 42 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 4
Type
data paper
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Scientific Data (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (61627807, No. 61627807)
  • Guilin University of Electronic Technology
  • Division of Graduate Education
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › ECG Monitoring and Analysis
Keywords
photoplethysmogram, PPG signal denoising, optimal filtering, filter order selection, wearable devices, cardiovascular monitoring
MeSH terms
Algorithms, Cardiovascular Diseases, Humans, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Photoplethysmography

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