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Optical multichannel sensing of skin blood pulsations
Author(s): Janis Spigulis; Renars Erts; Indulis Kukulis; Maris Ozols; Karlis Prieditis
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Paper Abstract

Time resolved detection and analysis of the skin back-scattered optical signals (reflection photoplethysmography or PPG) provide information on skin blood volume pulsations and can serve for cardiovascular assessment. The multi-channel PPG concept has been developed and clinically verified in this study. Portable two- and four-channel PPG monitoring devices have been designed for real-time data acquisition and processing. The multi-channel devices were successfully applied for cardiovascular fitness tests and for early detection of arterial occlusions in extremities. The optically measured heartbeat pulse wave propagation made possible to estimate relative arterial resistances for numerous patients and healthy volunteers.

Paper Details

Date Published: 1 September 2004
PDF: 8 pages
Proc. SPIE 5459, Optical Sensing, (1 September 2004); doi: 10.1117/12.566082
Show Author Affiliations
Janis Spigulis, Univ. of Latvia (Latvia)
Renars Erts, Univ. of Latvia (Latvia)
Indulis Kukulis, Stradins Univ. Hospital (Latvia)
Maris Ozols, Univ. of Latvia (Latvia)
Karlis Prieditis, Univ. of Latvia (Latvia)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 5459:
Optical Sensing
Brian Culshaw; Anna Grazia Mignani; Rainer Riesenberg, Editor(s)

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