ReviewPhysiological measurement2023
The 2023 wearable photoplethysmography roadmap.
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66 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Use of Wearable Sensors in Angelman Syndrome: A Systematic Review.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2026Pooled it
- Heart Rate Monitors for the Estimation of Physical Activity in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Pooled it
- When is rPPG physiologically valid for stress and workload monitoring? A PRISMA-ScR scoping review.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of telemedicine employing telemonitoring instruments on readmissions of patients with heart failure and/or COPD: a systematic review.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Pooled it
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- Real-Time SpOSensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Mechanical Contact Conditions in Wearable Reflectance Photoplethysmography: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Article
- Pulse-based photoplethysmography quality assessment improves wearable seizure detection performance.Epilepsia open · 2026Article
- HEART-Watch: A multimodal physiological dataset from a Google Pixel Watch across different physical states.PLOS digital health · 2026Article
- Hypertension screening via awake-sleep differences in photoplethysmogram signals.European heart journal. Digital health · 2026Article
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- Regulating the Nano-Bio Interface: Converging Electrochemical and Photonic Biosensing for Wearable Diagnostics.Nano letters · 2026Review
- Consumer Smartwatch Technology in Health and Performance Research: Validity, Limitations, and Real-World Applications.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Seamless human electronics interfacing through advanced skin attachable and implantable sensor technologies.Discover nano · 2026Review
- Reactive Hyperemia Reveals Fractal Scaling and Multiscale Complexity in Photoplethysmography Waveforms.Biology · 2026Article
- Seedless One-Pot Synthesis of Colloidal InAs Quantum Dots Enabling a High-Accuracy Photoplethysmography Oximeter.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- A Dynamic Architecture Linking Autonomic Activity to Emotional Dimensions: Real-Time Estimation From Photoplethysmography.Psychophysiology · 2026Article
- Pulse Oximetry-A Perioperative Perspective.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Respiratory Monitoring in Motion: An Overview of Wearable Methods and Algorithmic Approaches for Reliable Assessment.Biosensors · 2026Review
- A multitask Transformer-VAE framework for robust PPG denoising and atrial fibrillation screening.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
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51 authors.
Peter H CharltonDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-3836-8655
John AllenResearch Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5RW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-7263-0533
Raquel BailónBiomedical Signal Interpretation and Computational Simulation (BSICoS) Group, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), IIS Aragon, University of Zaragoza, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1272-0550
Stephanie BakerCollege of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, 4878 Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0467-7791
Joachim A BeharFaculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-5956-7034
Fei ChenDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055 Guandong, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-6988-492X
Gari D CliffordDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-5709-201X
David A CliftonDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom.
Harry J DaviesDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7506-2300
Cheng DingDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-8641-9299
Xiaorong DingSchool of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-3269-2852
Jessilyn DunnDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0187, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-3241-8183
Mohamed ElgendiBiomedical and Mobile Health Technology Laboratory, Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8008, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-1831-0202
Munia FerdoushiDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Daniel FranklinInstitute of Biomedical Engineering, Translational Biology & Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5G 1M1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6453-5114
Eduardo GilBiomedical Signal Interpretation and Computational Simulation (BSICoS) Group, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), IIS Aragon, University of Zaragoza, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7285-0715
Md Farhad HassanDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.
Jussi HernesniemiFinnish Cardiovascular Research Center Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, 33720, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-8111-6421
Xiao HuNell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, 30322, Georgia, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-9478-5571
Nan JiHong Kong Center for Cerebrocardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong, 999077, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-5102-6540
Yasser KhanDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, 90089, Los Angeles, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-2290-0854
Spyridon KontaxisBiomedical Signal Interpretation and Computational Simulation (BSICoS) Group, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), IIS Aragon, University of Zaragoza, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1297-0691
Ilkka KorhonenFinnish Cardiovascular Research Center Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, 33720, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-5322-8469
Panicos A KyriacouResearch Centre for Biomedical Engineering, City, University of London, London, EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-2868-485X
Pablo LagunaBiomedical Signal Interpretation and Computational Simulation (BSICoS) Group, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), IIS Aragon, University of Zaragoza, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3434-9254
Jesús LázaroBiomedical Signal Interpretation and Computational Simulation (BSICoS) Group, Aragon Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), IIS Aragon, University of Zaragoza, E-50018 Zaragoza, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8742-0072
Chungkeun LeeDigital Health Devices Division, Medical Device Evaluation Department, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Cheongju, 28159, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4863-776X
Jeremy LevyFaculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 3200003, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-7498-6413
Yumin LiState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-3557-5969
Chengyu LiuState Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-1965-3020
Jing LiuAnalog Devices Inc, San Jose, CA 95124, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3088-1673
Lei LuDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom.
Danilo P MandicDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8432-3963
Vaidotas MarozasDepartment of Electronics Engineering, Kaunas University of Technology, 44249 Kaunas, Lithuania.ORCID 0000-0002-6879-5845
Elisa Mejía-MejíaResearch Centre for Biomedical Engineering, City, University of London, London, EC1V 0HB, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-5357-4329
Ramakrishna MukkamalaDepartment of Bioengineering and Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-8918-4050
Meir NitzanDepartment of Physics/Electro-Optic Engineering, Lev Academic Center, 91160 Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0001-9555-1435
Tania PereiraINESC TEC-Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science, Porto, 4200-465, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1681-2436
Carmen C Y PoonGMed IT, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7717-4752
Jessica C Ramella-RomanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering and Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33174, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-5710-6004
Harri SaarinenTampere Heart Hospital, Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa, Tampere, 33520, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9807-6681
Md Mobashir Hasan ShandhiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0187, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-9541-529X
Hangsik ShinDepartment of Digital Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-3353-0310
Gerard StansbyFaculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5539-3049
Toshiyo TamuraFuture Robotics Organization, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1698050, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-8514-4200
Antti VehkaojaFinnish Cardiovascular Research Center Tampere, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, 33720, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-3721-3467
Will Ke WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0187, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-1444-5468
Yuan-Ting ZhangHong Kong Center for Cerebrocardiovascular Health Engineering (COCHE), Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong, 999077, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0003-4150-5470
Ni ZhaoDepartment of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.ORCID 0000-0002-1536-8516
Dingchang ZhengResearch Centre for Intelligent Healthcare, Coventry University, Coventry, CV1 5RW, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-8077-4548
Tingting ZhuDepartment of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-1552-5630
Funding
Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1MLongitudinal Assessment of Post-traumatic SyndromesU01MH110925 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI KESSLER, RONALD C, KOENEN, KARESTAN C · 2016 to 2020
$25.8MA Smartphone-Based Device for Cuff-Less and Calibration-Free Blood Pressure MonitoringR01HL146470 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI MUKKAMALA, RAMAKRISHNA · 2019 to 2022
$1.1MBritish Heart Foundation FS/20/20/34626NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146470NIMH NIH HHS U01 MH110925
Abstract
Photoplethysmography is a key sensing technology which is used in wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness trackers. Currently, photoplethysmography sensors are used to monitor physiological parameters including heart rate and heart rhythm, and to track activities like sleep and exercise. Yet, wearable photoplethysmography has potential to provide much more information on health and wellbeing, which could inform clinical decision making. This Roadmap outlines directions for research and development to realise the full potential of wearable photoplethysmography. Experts discuss key topics within the areas of sensor design, signal processing, clinical applications, and research directions. Their perspectives provide valuable guidance to researchers developing wearable photoplethysmography technology.
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PhotoplethysmographyWearable Electronic DevicesFitness TrackersHeart RateSignal Processing, Computer-Assistedblood pressurecardiovascularfitnessphysiological monitoringsensorsignal processingsmartwatch
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