Systems and methods for physiological signal enhancement and biometric extraction using non-invasive optical sensors
First Claim
1. A method for enhancing a set of photoplethysmographic signals to calculate a blood oxygen level and a heart rate comprising the steps of:
- removing motion noise from the set of photoplethysmographic signals to generate a set of enhanced signals;
extracting a fundamental period from the set of enhanced signals;
determining a venous noise reference from the set of enhanced signals and the fundamental period;
generating a set of clean signals from the set of enhanced signals and the venous noise reference; and
,calculating the heart rate and the blood oxygen level from the set of clean signals.
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Abstract
A system and method for signal processing to remove unwanted noise components including: (i) wavelength-independent motion artifacts such as tissue, bone and skin effects, and (ii) wavelength-dependent motion artifact/noise components such as venous blood pulsation and movement due to various sources including muscle pump, respiratory pump and physical perturbation. Disclosed are methods, analytics, and their uses for reliable perfusion monitoring, arterial oxygen saturation monitoring, heart rate monitoring during daily activities and in hospital settings and for extraction of physiological parameters such as respiration information, hemodynamic parameters, venous capacity, and fluid responsiveness. The system and methods disclosed are extendable to include monitoring platforms for perfusion, hypoxia, arrhythmia detection, airway obstruction detection and sleep disorders including apnea.
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1. A method for enhancing a set of photoplethysmographic signals to calculate a blood oxygen level and a heart rate comprising the steps of:
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removing motion noise from the set of photoplethysmographic signals to generate a set of enhanced signals; extracting a fundamental period from the set of enhanced signals; determining a venous noise reference from the set of enhanced signals and the fundamental period; generating a set of clean signals from the set of enhanced signals and the venous noise reference; and
,calculating the heart rate and the blood oxygen level from the set of clean signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for motion-tolerant processing of a set of photoplethysmographic signals to calculate a blood oxygen level comprising the steps of:
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generating a set of processed signals from the set of photoplethysmographic signals; generating a set of enhanced signals from the set of processed signals; calculating the blood oxygen level from the set of enhanced signals; wherein the step of generating a set of enhanced signals from the set of processed signals further comprises the steps of; removing a set of baseline changes from the set of processed signals to generate a set of baseline signals; normalizing the set of baseline signals to generate a set of normalized signals; generating an intermediate reference signal from the set of normalized signals; filtering the set of normalized signals with the intermediate reference signal to generate a set of filtered signals; receiving a fundamental period; and
,generating the set of enhanced signals from the set of filtered signals and the fundamental period. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for enhancing a set of photoplethysmographic signals to calculate a blood oxygen level and a heart rate comprising:
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a evaluation module; a set of photoplethysmographic sensors, each photoplethysmographic sensor connected to the module; a computing device connected to the module and programmed to carry out the steps of; removing motion noise from the set of photoplethysmographic signals to generate a set of enhanced signals; extracting a fundamental period from the set of enhanced signals; determining a venous noise reference from the set of enhanced signals and the fundamental period; generating a set of clean signals from the set of enhanced signals and the venous noise reference; and
,calculating the heart rate and the blood oxygen level from the set of clean signals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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