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Heart rate tracking in photoplethysmography signals affected by motion artifacts: a review

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Ismail, Shahid, Akram, Usman, Siddiqi, Imran·2021·EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing

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Non-invasive photoplethysmography (PPG) technology was developed to track heart rate during motion. Automated analysis of PPG has made it useful in both clinical and non-clinical applications. However, PPG-based heart rate tracking is a challenging problem due to motion artifacts (MAs) which are main contributors towards signal degradation as they mask the location of heart rate peak in the spectra. A practical analysis system must have good performance in MA removal as well as in tracking. In this article, we have presented state-of-art techniques in both areas of the automated analysis, i.e., MA removal and heart rate tracking, and have concluded that adaptive filtering and multi-resolution decomposition techniques are better for MA removal and machine learning-based approaches are future perspective of heart rate tracking. Hence, future systems will be composed of machine learning-based trackers fed with either empirically decomposed signal or from output of adaptive filter.

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  • PPG sensors may have limitations, such as being bulky to use in daily life (e.g. ECG sensors in a chest strap), inaccurate measurement under motions (e.g. PPG sensors), sensitivity to environmental conditions, high power consumption, etc.

    “However, they may still have their own limitations, such as being bulky to use in daily life (e.g. ECG sensors in a chest strap), inaccurate measurement under motions (e.g. PPG sensors), sensitivity to environmental conditions, high power consumption, etc. [170].”
  • Motion artifacts are a primary cause of bad signal quality.

    “Motion artifacts are a primary cause of bad signal quality, and research has suggested various methods for mitigating these26,39,40.”

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  • BVP data is dependent on measuring reflected light from a light-emitting diode (LED), and this signal can be heavily skewed by contamination from external light sources and motion artifacts, sometimes to the point of being irrecoverable through retrospective data processing.

    “BVP data is dependent on measuring reflected light from a light-emitting diode (LED), and this signal can be heavily skewed by contamination from external light sources and motion artifacts, sometimes to the point of being irrecoverable through retrospective data processing40,57,58.”

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Authors
Ismail, S., Akram, U., & Siddiqi, I.
Affiliations
  • Bahria University (PK)
  • National University of Sciences and Technology (PK)
Corresponding author
Ismail, Shahid
Venue
EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Published
2021-01-11
Volume
2021
Issue
1
ISSN
  • 1110-8657 (ISSN-L)
  • 1687-6180
OpenAlex
W3127423251
Cited by
101
References
106
Citations by year
2026: 20 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 11
FWCI
5.01
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
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
photoplethysmography, heart rate monitoring, motion artifacts, motion artifact removal, adaptive filtering, multiresolution decomposition, non-invasive physiological monitoring

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