Contactless recording of photoplethysmogram on a sleeping bed

This paper reports a novel contactless monitoring method to record reflective mode photoplethysmogram (PPG) on a sleeping bed for heart rate (HR) estimation. The electrocardiogram (ECG) and pulse transit time (PTT) were also measured in this study. ECG was measured from subjects' limbs whilst PPG was obtained from their right index fingers and their backs with and without direct contact between the PPG sensor and the subjects' skin respectively. Clear PPG waveforms were obtained from the subjects' backs even though the sensor was not directly attached to their skin. Beat-to-beat HRs derived from the back PPGs were closely correlated with those measured from the finger PPGs and ECGs. Thus we found that contactless PPG could be captured from the subjects' backs to determine HR accurately.

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