Advances in Wearable Photoplethysmography Applications in Health Monitoring: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Sensors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 871
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomedical signal processing; heart rate variability; complex systems; time series analysis; wearable systems
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Interests: biomedical signal processing; non-invasive autonomic nervous system assessment; wearable systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a low-cost optical technique that can provide useful information about the cardiovascular system, aiming to diagnose autonomic dysfunctions and peripheral vascular diseases. Due to its simplicity and versatility, this technology can be used to develop wearable and wireless devices for noninvasive and out-of-hospital monitoring of both healthy and pathological subjects.
Even if, in recent decades, technology has successfully increased the comfort of wearable PPG sensors, in terms of dimensions and battery life, scientific research is still working on several issues, e.g., poor sensor adhesion, which leads to acquiring signals corrupted by noise and motion artifacts, especially during physical activity. In this context, there are still many challenges related to PPG wearable device design and signal processing techniques to derive robust indices. The investigation of reliable PPG features, including rhythm and morphology features, is growing in interest, comprising novel signal processing methodologies.
This Special Issue will focus on original research papers and comprehensive reviews dealing with hardware and software advances in the development of robust and reliable biomarkers for the noninvasive monitoring of PPG. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular pathologies, aging, stress and sport monitoring.
Dr. Mimma Nardelli
Prof. Dr. Raquel Bailón
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photoplethysmography (PPG)
- pulse rate variability (PRV)
- wearable monitoring systems
- signal quality
- PPG signal processing
- time series analysis
