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ArticlePhysiological measurement2022

Detecting beats in the photoplethysmogram: benchmarking open-source algorithms.

Peter H Charlton, Kevin Kotzen, Elisa Mejía-Mejía, Philip J Aston, Karthik Budidha, Jonathan Mant, Callum Pettit, Joachim A Behar, Panicos A Kyriacou

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Article in Physiological measurement, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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9 authors.

Peter H CharltonDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3836-8655
Kevin KotzenFaculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-IIT, Israel.
Elisa Mejía-MejíaResearch Centre for Biomedical Engineering, City, University of London, London, EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5357-4329
Philip J AstonDepartment of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
Karthik BudidhaResearch Centre for Biomedical Engineering, City, University of London, London, EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom.
Jonathan MantDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9531-0268
Callum PettitDepartment of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, United Kingdom.
Joachim A BeharFaculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion-IIT, Israel.
Panicos A KyriacouResearch Centre for Biomedical Engineering, City, University of London, London, EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2868-485X

Funding

British Heart Foundation FS/20/20/34626British Heart Foundation PG/15/104/31913
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The photoplethysmogram (PPG) signal is widely used in pulse oximeters and smartwatches. A fundamental step in analysing the PPG is the detection of heartbeats. Several PPG beat detection algorithms have been proposed, although it is not clear which performs best.

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Atrial FibrillationPhotoplethysmographyAdultAlgorithmsBenchmarkingElectrocardiographyHeart RateHumansInfant, Newbornatrial fibrillationbeat detectionelectrocardiogramheartbeatphotoplethysmographypulse wave

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PMID35853440
PMCPMC9393905

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