Advanced Functional Materials,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
34(11)
Published: Oct. 29, 2023
Abstract
Photodetectors
made
from
low‐toxicity
organic
materials
are
considered
a
promising
alternative
to
conventional
inorganic
photodetectors.
However,
the
performance
of
current
photodetectors
(OPD)
needs
be
further
enhanced.
This
study
aims
introduce
acid‐free
poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene)‐(polystyrene
sulfonate)
(PEDOT‐(PSS))
films
in
order
improve
OPDs
practical
applications.
Utilization
heterocyclic
1,3‐diazole
(HDZ)
PEDOT‐(PSS)
improves
polymerization
degree,
carrier
mobility,
and
other
physicochemical
properties.
These
enhanced
properties
also
comprehensive
OPD.
In
this
flow,
noise
suppression
is
confirmed
by
elucidating
device's
limitations.
Consequently,
presented
OPD‐based
photoplethysmography
sensor
has
ability
diagnose
blood
circulation
status
cardiovascular
diseases.
accomplishment
marks
first
single
pixel‐based
photodiode
research.
Sensors,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
20(11), P. 3127 - 3127
Published: June 1, 2020
Hypertension
is
a
potentially
unsafe
health
ailment,
which
can
be
indicated
directly
from
the
Blood
pressure
(BP).
always
leads
to
other
complications.
Continuous
monitoring
of
BP
very
important;
however,
cuff-based
measurements
are
discrete
and
uncomfortable
user.
To
address
this
need,
cuff-less,
continuous
non-invasive
measurement
system
proposed
using
Photoplethysmogram
(PPG)
signal
demographic
features
machine
learning
(ML)
algorithms.
PPG
signals
were
acquired
219
subjects,
undergo
pre-processing
feature
extraction
steps.
Time,
frequency
time-frequency
domain
extracted
their
derivative
signals.
Feature
selection
techniques
used
reduce
computational
complexity
decrease
chance
over-fitting
ML
The
then
train
evaluate
best
regression
models
selected
for
Systolic
(SBP)
Diastolic
(DBP)
estimation
individually.
Gaussian
Process
Regression
(GPR)
along
with
ReliefF
algorithm
outperforms
algorithms
in
estimating
SBP
DBP
root-mean-square
error
(RMSE)
6.74
3.59
respectively.
This
model
implemented
hardware
systems
continuously
monitor
avoid
any
critical
conditions
due
sudden
changes.
Frontiers in Physiology,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
12
Published: March 1, 2022
Beyond
its
use
in
a
clinical
environment,
photoplethysmogram
(PPG)
is
increasingly
used
for
measuring
the
physiological
state
of
an
individual
daily
life.
This
review
aims
to
examine
existing
research
on
concerning
generation
mechanisms,
measurement
principles,
applications,
noise
definition,
pre-processing
techniques,
feature
detection
and
post-processing
techniques
processing,
especially
from
engineering
point
view.
We
performed
extensive
search
with
PubMed,
Google
Scholar,
Institute
Electrical
Electronics
Engineers
(IEEE),
ScienceDirect,
Web
Science
databases.
Exclusion
conditions
did
not
include
year
publication,
but
articles
published
English
were
excluded.
Based
118
articles,
we
identified
four
main
topics
enabling
PPG:
(A)
PPG
waveform,
(B)
features
applications
including
basic
based
original
combined
PPG,
derivative
(C)
motion
artifact
baseline
wandering
hypoperfusion,
(D)
signal
processing
preprocessing,
peak
detection,
quality
index.
The
application
field
has
been
extending
mobile
environment.
Although
there
no
standardized
pipeline
as
data
are
acquired
accumulated
various
ways,
recently
proposed
machine
learning-based
method
expected
offer
promising
solution.
IEEE Sensors Journal,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
20(17), P. 10000 - 10011
Published: April 30, 2020
This
paper
presents
a
deep
learning
model
'PP-Net'
which
is
the
first
of
its
kind,
having
capability
to
estimate
physiological
parameters:
Diastolic
blood
pressure
(DBP),
Systolic
(SBP),
and
Heart
rate
(HR)
simultaneously
from
same
network
using
single
channel
PPG
signal.
The
proposed
designed
by
exploiting
framework
Long-term
Recurrent
Convolutional
Network
(LRCN),
exhibiting
inherent
ability
feature
extraction,
thereby,
eliminating
cost
effective
steps
selection
making
less-complex
for
deployment
on
resource
constrained
platforms
such
as
mobile
platforms.
performance
demonstration
PP-Net
done
larger
publically
available
MIMIC-II
database.
We
achieved
an
average
NMAE
0.09
(DBP)
0.04
(SBP)
mmHg
BP,
0.046
bpm
HR
estimation
total
population
1557
critically
ill
subjects.
accurate
BP
compared
existing
methods,
demonstrated
effectiveness
our
framework.
evaluation
huge
with
CVD
complications,
validates
robustness
in
pervasive
healthcare
monitoring
especially
cardiac
stroke
rehabilitation
monitoring.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
9(1)
Published: June 13, 2019
We
introduce
a
novel
paradigm
to
unobtrusively
and
optically
measure
blood
pressure
(BP)
without
calibration.
The
algorithm
combines
photoplethysmography
(PPG)
waveform
analysis
biometrics
estimate
BP,
was
evaluated
in
subjects
with
various
age,
height,
weight
BP
levels
(n
=
1249).
In
the
young
population
(<50
years
old)
low,
medium
high
systolic
pressures
(SBP,
<120
mmHg;
120-139
≥140
mmHg),
fitting
errors
are
6.3
±
7.2,
-3.9
7.2
-20.2
14.2
mmHg
for
SBP
respectively;
older
(>50
same
categories,
12.8
9.0,
0.5
8.2
-14.6
11.5
respectively.
A
simple
personalized
calibration
reduces
significantly
147),
good
peripheral
perfusion
helps
improve
accuracy.
conclusion,
PPG
may
be
used
calculate
certain
populations.
When
calibrated,
it
shows
great
potential
serially
monitor
fluctuation,
which
can
bring
tremendous
economic
health
benefits.
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
15(10), P. 1531 - 1538
Published: July 17, 2020
Current
BP
measurements
are
on
the
basis
of
traditional
cuff
approaches.
Ambulatory
monitoring,
at
15-
to
30-minute
intervals
usually
over
24
hours,
provides
sufficiently
continuous
readings
that
superior
office-based
snapshot,
but
this
system
is
not
suitable
for
frequent
repeated
use.
A
true
measurement
could
collect
passively
and
frequently
would
require
a
cuffless
method
be
worn
by
patient,
with
data
stored
electronically
much
same
way
heart
rate
rhythm
already
done
routinely.
Ideally,
should
measured
continuously
during
diverse
activities
both
daytime
nighttime
in
subject
means
novel
devices.
There
increasing
excitement
newer
methods
measure
sensors
algorithm
development.
As
new
devices
refined
their
accuracy
improved,
it
will
possible
better
assess
masked
hypertension,
nocturnal
severity
variability
BP.
In
review,
we
discuss
progression
field,
particularly
last
5
years,
ending
sensor-based
approaches
incorporate
machine
learning
algorithms
personalized
medicine.
AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
322(4), P. H493 - H522
Published: Dec. 24, 2021
The
photoplethysmogram
(PPG)
signal
is
widely
measured
by
clinical
and
consumer
devices,
it
emerging
as
a
potential
tool
for
assessing
vascular
age.
shape
timing
of
the
PPG
pulse
wave
are
both
influenced
normal
aging,
changes
in
arterial
stiffness
blood
pressure,
atherosclerosis.
This
review
summarizes
research
into
age
from
PPG.
Three
categories
approaches
described:
Bioengineering,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9(11), P. 692 - 692
Published: Nov. 15, 2022
Cardiovascular
diseases
are
one
of
the
most
severe
causes
mortality,
annually
taking
a
heavy
toll
on
lives
worldwide.
Continuous
monitoring
blood
pressure
seems
to
be
viable
option,
but
this
demands
an
invasive
process,
introducing
several
layers
complexities
and
reliability
concerns
due
non-invasive
techniques
not
being
accurate.
This
motivates
us
develop
method
estimate
continuous
arterial
(ABP)
waveform
through
approach
using
Photoplethysmogram
(PPG)
signals.
We
explore
advantage
deep
learning,
as
it
would
free
from
sticking
ideally
shaped
PPG
signals
only
by
making
handcrafted
feature
computation
irrelevant,
which
is
shortcoming
existing
approaches.
Thus,
we
present
PPG2ABP,
two-stage
cascaded
learning-based
that
manages
ABP
input
signal
with
mean
absolute
error
4.604
mmHg,
preserving
shape,
magnitude,
phase
in
unison.
However,
more
astounding
success
PPG2ABP
turns
out
computed
values
Diastolic
Blood
Pressure
(DBP),
Mean
Arterial
(MAP),
Systolic
(SBP)
estimated
outperform
works
under
metrics
(mean
3.449
±
6.147
2.310
4.437
5.727
9.162
respectively),
despite
explicitly
trained
do
so.
Notably,
both
for
DBP
MAP,
achieve
Grade
A
BHS
(British
Hypertension
Society)
Standard
satisfy
AAMI
(Association
Advancement
Medical
Instrumentation)
standard.
Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
207, P. 106191 - 106191
Published: May 21, 2021
Background
and
objectives:
Continuous
non-invasive
blood
pressure
monitoring
would
revolutionize
healthcare.
Currently,
(BP)
can
only
be
accurately
monitored
using
obtrusive
cuff-based
devices
or
invasive
intra-arterial
monitoring.
In
this
work,
we
propose
a
novel
hybrid
neural
network
for
the
accurate
estimation
of
electrocardiogram
(ECG)
photoplethysmogram
(PPG)
waveforms
as
inputs.
Methods:
This
work
proposes
combines
feature
detection
abilities
temporal
convolutional
layers
with
strong
performance
on
sequential
data
offered
by
long
short-term
memory
layers.
Raw
are
concatenated
used
The
was
developed
TensorFlow
framework.
Our
scheme
is
analysed
compared
to
literature
in
terms
well
known
standards
set
British
Hypertension
Society
(BHS)
Association
Advancement
Medical
Instrumentation
(AAMI).
Results:
achieves
extremely
low
mean
absolute
errors
(MAEs)
4.41
mmHg
SBP,
2.91
DBP,
2.77
MAP.
A
level
agreement
between
our
gold-standard
shown
through
Bland
Altman
regression
plots.
Additionally,
standard
BP
established
AAMI
met
scheme.
We
also
achieve
grade
'A'
based
criteria
outlined
BHS
protocol
devices.
Conclusions:
CNN-LSTM
outperforms
current
state-of-the-art
schemes
measurement
from
PPG
ECG
waveforms.
These
results
provide
an
effective
machine
learning
approach
that
could
readily
implemented
into
wearable
use
continuous
clinical
at-home