Assessment of the human response to acute mental stress–An overview and a multimodal study

H Ernst, M Scherpf, S Pannasch, JR Helmert… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Numerous vital signs are reported in association with stress response assessment, but their
application varies widely. This work provides an overview over methods for stress induction …

[HTML][HTML] A deep learning approach for remote heart rate estimation

J Przybyło - Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Remote monitoring of elderly people or patients in home isolation is an essential part of
modern telemedicine. Videoplethysmography (VPG) is a method of noncontact assessment …

Photoplethysmography upon cold stress—impact of measurement site and acquisition mode

V Fleischhauer, J Bruhn, S Rasche… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Photoplethysmography (PPG) allows various statements about the physiological state. It
supports multiple recording setups, ie, application to various body sites and different …

Video-based heart rate measurement against uneven illuminations using multivariate singular spectrum analysis

R Song, X Sun, J Cheng, X Yang… - IEEE Signal Processing …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spatially uneven illuminations are the dominant interference of video-based heart rate (HR)
screening for cooperated subjects in a telehealth service. In this letter, a remote …

A portable multi-modal cushion for continuous monitoring of a driver's vital signs

O Linschmann, DU Uguz, B Romanski, I Baarlink… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
With higher levels of automation in vehicles, the need for robust driver monitoring systems
increases, since it must be ensured that the driver can intervene at any moment …

Heart rate estimation from remote photoplethysmography based on light-weight u-net and attention modules

SN Yu, CS Wang, YP Chang - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cardiac signals are frequently used in disease and emotion analyses. However, current
measurement methods mostly require direct contact. Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) …

Camera-based assessment of cutaneous perfusion strength in a clinical setting

A Hammer, M Scherpf, M Schmidt, H Ernst… - Physiological …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. After skin flap transplants, perfusion strength monitoring is essential for the early
detection of tissue perfusion disorders and thus to ensure the survival of skin flaps. Camera …

Lightweight and interpretable convolutional neural network for real-time heart rate monitoring using low-cost video camera under realistic conditions

Y Liu, X Guo, Y Zhang - Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2024 - Elsevier
Recent research has shown that a person's heart rate (HR) can be estimated using video
data through remote photoplethysmography (rPPG). However, this approach is faced with …

Low-cost camera-based assessment of venous hemodynamics in the lower limbs: a study on young healthy volunteers

I Badiola, J Seleng, D Silva, V Blazek… - Biomedical Optics …, 2025 - opg.optica.org
This paper presents a non-contact and cost-effective method to assess venous
hemodynamics along the lower limbs using photoplethysmography imaging (PPGI) …

Non-contact Measurement of Respiration Rate With Camera-based Photoplethysmography During Rest and Mental Stress

H Ernst, H Malberg, M Schmidt - 2022 Computing in Cardiology …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cameras offer new possibilities in assessing human states like stress. This work addresses
the measurement of respiration rate with several approaches. Data from a mental stress …