Towards Contactless Monitoring of Blood Pressure at Rest and during Exercise Using Infrared Imaging

Joseph Finkelstein, In Cheol Jeong

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Abstract

Blood pressure monitoring have been shown to improve management of chronic health conditions. However, devices used for automated monitoring of blood pressure at home provide reliable measurements only at rest and cannot be used during exercise for continuous blood pressure monitoring. Image-based analysis of skin color changes has been introduced to capture pulse transit time which correlates with blood pressure. In this project we assess feasibility of using infrared imaging to support continuous contactless blood pressure monitoring at rest and during exercise. In order to utilize image-based photoplethysmogram (iPPG) and image-based pulse transit time (iPTT) without blinding effect of high intensity visible light source, a light source outside visible spectrum had to be employed. Thus, we introduced a high-speed camera to measure iPPG and iPTT with the infrared light source. The feasibility of this approach that was unclear at the beginning of the study was fully supported by our initial analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2020
EditorsRajashree Paul
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages756-758
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781728196565
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Oct 2020
Event11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2020 - Virtual, New York City, United States
Duration: 28 Oct 202031 Oct 2020

Publication series

Name2020 11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2020

Conference

Conference11th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference, UEMCON 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, New York City
Period28/10/2031/10/20

Keywords

  • blood pressure
  • contactless monitoring
  • infrared imaging
  • pulse transit time

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