Linear correlation of the fingertip and radial artery photoplethysmograms during normal and deep breath

Keikhosravi, Adib; Zahedi, Edmond

doi:10.22041/ijbme.2013.13132

Document Type : Full Research Paper

Authors

Adib Keikhosravi ¹
Edmond Zahedi ²

¹ PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

² Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology

10.22041/ijbme.2013.13132

Abstract

The photoplethysmogram (PPG) is a low cost and ubiquitous signal and has always had a great significance in cardiovascular parameter identification such as arterial dilation due to a stimulus. The PPG is generally recorded from the fingertip which is affected by the auto-regulation mechanism (ARM), preventing the results to be well correlated with standard methods based on imaging the brachial or radial artery. Based on the fact that the ARM has no effect on conduit arteries, the correlation between fingertip and radial artery PPG is investigated in this work. A custom made probe is fabricated using an array of photodiodes and a 960 nm LED for recording the wrist photoplethysmogram (PPG). The design is based on Monte-Carlo simulation of light propagation in tissues. Two series of experiments were carried-out: normal breathing and deep breathing. In both experiments, index finger and wrist PPG were simultaneously recorded. In the first series of experiments, signals from 9 subjects were recorded and the correlation coefficient for the raw signals (AC+DC), the AC and DC components of wrist and finger PPG were 62.5% ± 12.1%, 91.2% ± 6.9% and 61% ± 13.4% respectively. In the second series of experiment (deep breathing), signals from 6 subjects were recorded and the correlation coefficient for the raw signals (AC+DC), the AC and DC components were 89.7% ± 5.9%, 93.7% ± 3.3% and 89.9% ± 5.9% respectively. These results show that under normal breathing conditions, only the AC components of the PPG signals are highly correlated. When respiration becomes the dominant effect, both AC and DC parts become highly correlated.

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Main Subjects

Biomedical Signal Processing / Medical Signal Processing / Biosignal Processing

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Iranian Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Linear correlation of the fingertip and radial artery photoplethysmograms during normal and deep breath

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Volume 6, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
June 2012
Pages 307-317

Linear correlation of the fingertip and radial artery photoplethysmograms during normal and deep breath

References

References

Volume 6, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4June 2012Pages 307-317

Volume 6, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
June 2012
Pages 307-317