Noninvasive Hemoglobin Measurements With Photoplethysmography in Wrist

This paper describes the application of multiwavelength photoplethysmography (MW-PPG) in reflectance mode for noninvasive measurements of total hemoglobin concentration. Consumer wrist-wearable devices (smartwatches, wristbands) typically contain a photoplethysmography sensor operating in reflectanc...

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Published in:IEEE access 2023, Vol.11, p.79636-79647
Main Authors: Lychagov, Vladislav V., Semenov, Vladimir M., Volkova, Elena K., Chernakov, Dmitrii I., Ahn, Joongwoo, Kim, Justin Younghyun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptive optics
Algorithms
Blood
Bouguer law
Correlation coefficients
Electromagnetic absorption
Hemoglobin
Machine learning
noninvasive
Optical paths
Optical pulses
Optical reflection
Oximetry
Photoplethysmography
Pulse oximetry
Reflectance
Reflectivity
Smart devices
smartwatch
Smartwatches
Transmittance
Wearable technology
Wrist
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Summary:This paper describes the application of multiwavelength photoplethysmography (MW-PPG) in reflectance mode for noninvasive measurements of total hemoglobin concentration. Consumer wrist-wearable devices (smartwatches, wristbands) typically contain a photoplethysmography sensor operating in reflectance mode, as opposed to clinical pulse-oximetry sensors operating in transmittance mode. We assume that the generally accepted approach to the analysis of the transmittance-mode MW-PPG signal, based on the direct implementation of the Beer-Lambert law, is not applicable to the analysis of reflectance-mode MW-PPG signals. We propose that the shape of the MW-PPG signal carries information regarding the distribution of optical paths at different wavelengths within the tissue, which is crucial for the correct estimation of the absorption of light in the probe volume. We have developed and tested several machine-learning algorithms to analyze the reflectance-mode MW-PPG signal and to estimate the total hemoglobin concentration based on this analysis. To train and validate the algorithms, we collected a dataset of 840 MW-PPG signals measured from 170 volunteers by using a wrist-wearable PPG sensor. Three reference devices were used to label the data and test the performance of the developed algorithms: an invasive laboratory blood test, minimally invasive HemoCue Hb 201+, and noninvasive Masimo Radical-7 transmittance mode pulse-oximeter. The best performance achieved with the developed algorithm, mean absolute error MAE \approx 12.6\pm 1.7 g/L and correlation coefficient R \approx 0.66\pm 0.09, is comparable with the performance of the clinical noninvasive device.
ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3300293