Photoplethysmography in wearable devices: a comprehensive review of technological advances, current challenges, and future directions

KB Kim, HJ Baek - Electronics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Photoplethysmography (PPG) is an affordable and straightforward optical technique used to
detect changes in blood volume within tissue microvascular beds. PPG technology has …

Photoplethysmographic biometrics: A comprehensive survey

RD Labati, V Piuri, F Rundo, F Scotti - Pattern Recognition Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
The wide diffusion of wearable sensors and mobile devices encouraged the study of
biometric recognition techniques that require a low level of cooperation from users. Among …

Progress in data acquisition of wearable sensors

Z Liu, J Kong, M Qu, G Zhao, C Zhang - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wearable sensors have demonstrated wide applications from medical treatment, health
monitoring to real-time tracking, human-machine interface, smart home, and motion capture …

Ultralow-power photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors: A methodological review

Z Ebrahimi, B Gosselin - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Photoplethysmography (PPG) sensors are used to accurately, instantaneously, and
noninvasively measure vital signs to provide a real-time indication of overall physical health …

A new RF energy harvesting system based on two architectures to enhance the DC output voltage for WSN feeding

C Benkalfate, A Ouslimani, AE Kasbari, M Feham - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this paper, a new RF Energy Harvesting (RF-EH) system for Wireless Sensor Network
(WSN) feeding is proposed. It is based on two different monitored architectures using switch …

A dual-channel PPG readout system with motion-tolerant adaptability for OLED-OPD sensors

RK Pandey, PCP Chao - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An adaptive PPG (Photoplethysmography) readout system for a dual-channel OLED-OPD
flexible sensor is designed and developed with motion artifact (< 1Hz) and ambient lighting …

Self-filtered NIR photodetectors based on silicon micro-holes array for stable heart rate monitoring

H Zhang, Y Cui, M Lu, Q Yang, J Feng… - IEEE Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Here, we presented a novel near-infrared (NIR) photodetectors based on Si micro-holes
array/graphene (SiMHs/Gr) Schottky barrier diode (SBD) for monitoring heart rate. The SBD …

[HTML][HTML] A Taxonomy of Low-Power Techniques in Wearable Medical Devices for Healthcare Applications

W Tesema, W Jimma, MI Khan, J Stiens, B da Silva - Electronics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chronic diseases are the most prevalent and non-communicable health crisis globally. Most
chronic disease patients require continuous physiological monitoring, using wearable …

A Fully-Analogue Light-to-Frequency Converter Circuit for Optical Sensing Applications

GDP Stanchieri, A De Marcellis, M Faccio… - IEEE Sensors …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports on a novel analog front-end circuit designed to measure light intensity
variations for portable/wearable and implantable sensor applications in different fields …

State-of-the-art light to digital converter circuits applicable in non-invasive health monitoring devices to combat COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses: A review

U Mohammad, MA Awan, A Bermak… - IEEE Sensors …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the past few years, a tremendous advancement in the outcome of biomedical circuits and
systems has been reported. Unfortunately, at the time of the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 …