Fingertip Strain Plethysmography: Representation of Pulse Information based on Vascular Vibration

Arash Shokouhmand, Farrokh Ayazi, Negar Ebadi

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Abstract

This study presents fingertip strain plethysmography (SPG) as a visual trace of cardiac cycles in peripheral vessels. The setup includes a small, sensitive MEMS strain sensor attached to the fingertip to capture the pulsatile vibrations corresponding to cardiac cycles. SPG is evaluated on 10 healthy subjects for the estimation of heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV), as well as heartbeat-derived respiratory rate (RR) which is an HRV parameter. The estimated parameters are compared with a simultaneously-recorded electrocardiogram (ECG) for HR and HRV, and an inertial sensor placed on the chest wall for RR. Bland-Altman analyses suggest small estimation biases of 0.03 beats-per-minute (BPM) and 0.38 ms for HR and HRV respectively, demonstrating excellent agreement between fingertip SPG and ECG. The average estimation accuracies of 99.88% (± 0.04), 96.43% (± 1.44), and 92.64% (± 2.30) for HR, HRV, and RR respectively, prove the reliability of SPG for hemodynamic monitoring.Clinical Relevance - Conventional plethysmography sensors are either cumbersome or susceptible to skin color. This effort is a fundamental step towards the augmentation of conventional methods, thus ensuring stable, clinical-grade hemodynamic monitoring.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2023 - Proceedings
ISBN (Electronic)9798350324471
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2023 - Sydney, Australia
Duration: 24 Jul 202327 Jul 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
ISSN (Print)1557-170X

Conference

Conference45th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference, EMBC 2023
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CitySydney
Period24/07/2327/07/23

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