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December 23, 2019Applied SciencesOpen Access

A Non-Contact Photoplethysmography Technique for the Estimation of Heart Rate via Smartphone

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Why the study?

The study was conducted to develop a mobile application enabling remote disease management and heart rate monitoring for patients with cardiac pathologies using non-contact photoplethysmography.

Does a non-contact photoplethysmography iOS application accurately estimate heart rate compared to a medical-grade pulse-oximeter?

Comparison

Smartphone non-contact photoplethysmography application vs medical-grade pulse-oximeter

Authors

RMRodolfo MaestreTRTomas A. Rivera-RomanAFArturo A. Fernandez‐Jaramillo

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Overview

May enable accessible remote HR monitoring; leaves open rigorous validation before clinical use.

Structured PICO

Does a non-contact photoplethysmography iOS application accurately estimate heart rate compared to a medical-grade pulse-oximeter?

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Population
Patients with alterations or affections from cardiac pathologies (specific demographics and sample size not stated)
I
Intervention
Non-contact photoplethysmography (PPG) via iOS mobile application processing RGB video images of the face
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Comparator
Medical-grade pulse-oximeter
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Outcome
Heart rate estimation (pulses per minute) error ratesurrogate

A smartphone-based non-contact photoplethysmography application can estimate heart rate with a 3% error rate compared to standard pulse oximetry, offering potential for remote cardiac monitoring.

Cite This Study

Maestre et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1c03e8d54006be995f67bdhttps://doi.org/10.3390/app10010154
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