Key result
Speckle vibrometry agrees with ECG within ~9 bpm for contact-free supine heart rate monitoring.
Why the study?
To ensure patient comfort during sleep, contact-free measurement of instantaneous heart rate is desirable for sleep applications.
Does speckle vibrometry accurately measure instantaneous heart rate compared to ECG in a sleep setting?
Observational (n=20)
No
Does speckle vibrometry accurately measure instantaneous heart rate compared to ECG in a sleep setting?
Speckle vibrometry demonstrates potential as a contact-free method for instantaneous heart rate monitoring during sleep, even through textiles.
May support contact-free HR monitoring in sleep; hypothesis-generating and requires larger validation before practice change.
Instantaneous heart rate (IHR) has been investigated for sleep applications, such as sleep apnea detection and sleep staging. To ensure the comfort of the patient during sleep, it is desirable for IHR to be measured in a contact-free fashion. In this work, we use speckle vibrometry (SV) to perform on-skin and on-textile IHR monitoring in a sleep setting. Minute motions on the laser-illuminated surface can be captured by a defocused camera, enabling the detection of cardiac motions even on textiles. We investigate supine, lateral, and prone sleeping positions. Based on Bland-Altman analysis between SV cardiac measurements and electrocardiogram (ECG), with respect to each position, we achieve the best limits of agreement with ECG values of [-8.65, 7.79] bpm, [-9.79, 9.25] bpm, and [-10.81, 10.23] bpm, respectively. The results indicate the potential of using speckle vibrometry as a contact-free monitoring method for instantaneous heart rate in a setting where the participant is allowed to rest in a spontaneous position while covered by textile layers.
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Que et al. (2023) conducted an observational in Healthy volunteers (n=20). Speckle vibrometry vs. Electrocardiogram (ECG) was evaluated on Limits of agreement (LOA) for instantaneous heart rate compared to ECG in the supine position (LOA [-8.65, 7.79] bpm). Speckle vibrometry achieved limits of agreement with ECG of [-8.65, 7.79] bpm for instantaneous heart rate monitoring in the supine position, indicating its potential as a contact-free monitoring method.
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