Cited by 153Non-Invasive Vital Sign MonitoringHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlECG Monitoring and Analysis

A robust heart rate monitoring scheme using photoplethysmographic signals corrupted by intense motion artifacts

Khan, Emroz, Al Hossain, Forsad, Uddin, Shiekh Zia, Alam, S. Kaisar, Hasan, Md. Kamrul·2016·IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Abstract

GOAL: Although photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals can monitor heart rate (HR) quite conveniently in hospital environments, trying to incorporate them during fitness programs poses a great challenge, since in these cases, the signals are heavily corrupted by motion artifacts. METHODS: In this paper, we present a novel signal processing framework which utilizes two channel PPG signals and estimates HR in two stages. The first stage eliminates any chances of a runaway error by resorting to an absolute criterion condition based on ensemble empirical mode decomposition. This stage enables the algorithm to depend very little on the previously estimated HR values and to discard the need of an initial resting phase. The second stage, on the other hand, increases the algorithm's robustness against offtrack errors by using recursive least squares filters complemented with an additional novel technique, namely time-domain extraction. RESULTS: Using this framework, an average absolute error of 1.02 beat per minute (BPM) and standard deviation of 1.79 BPM are recorded for 12 subjects performing a run with peak velocities reaching as high as 15 km/h. CONCLUSION: The performance of this algorithm is found to be better than the other recently reported algorithms in this field such as TROIKA and JOSS. SIGNIFICANCE: This method is expected to greatly facilitate the presently available wearable gadgets in HR computation during various physical activities.

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  • Secondary sensors can be integrated into PPG sensors to detect motion, including accelerometers, gyroscopes, piezoelectric transducers, or another wavelength of light as a motion reference.

    “As implemented by consumer-grade HR monitors, secondary sensors can also be integrated into PPG sensors to detect motion. These include accelerometers [175,176,177,178,179], gyroscopes [179,180], piezoelectric transducers [181], or the utilization of another wavelength of light as a motion reference [182,183].”

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Authors
Khan, E., Al Hossain, F., Uddin, S. Z., Alam, S. K., & Hasan, M. K.
Affiliations
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BD)
Venue
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Published
2016-03
Volume
63
Issue
3
Pages
550-562
ISSN
  • 0018-9294 (ISSN-L)
  • 1558-2531
OpenAlex
W2288945889
Cited by
153
References
20
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 29 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 1
FWCI
6.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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
heart rate monitoring, photoplethysmography, motion artifacts, ensemble empirical mode decomposition, recursive least squares, wearable sensors, physical activity
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Algorithms, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted, Artifacts, Photoplethysmography, Young Adult

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