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Non-Contact Photoplethysmogram and Instantaneous Heart Rate Estimation from Infrared Face Video

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Martinez, N; Bertran, M; Sapiro, G; Wu, HT
Published in: Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP
September 1, 2019

Extracting the instantaneous heart rate (iHR) from face videos has been well studied in recent years. It is well known that changes in skin color due to blood flow can be captured using conventional cameras. One of the main limitations of methods that rely on this principle is the need of an illumination source. Moreover, they have to be able to operate under different light conditions. One way to avoid these constraints is using infrared cameras, allowing the monitoring of iHR under low light conditions. In this work, we present a simple, principled signal extraction method that recovers the iHR from infrared face videos. We tested the procedure on 7 participants, for whom we recorded an electrocardiogram simultaneously with their infrared face video. We checked that the recovered signal matched the ground truth iHR, showing that infrared is a promising alternative to conventional video imaging for heart rate monitoring, especially in low light conditions. Code is available at https://github.com/natalialmg/IR-iHR.

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Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

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1522-4880

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9781538662496

Publication Date

September 1, 2019

Volume

2019-September

Start / End Page

2020 / 2024
 

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Martinez, N., Bertran, M., Sapiro, G., & Wu, H. T. (2019). Non-Contact Photoplethysmogram and Instantaneous Heart Rate Estimation from Infrared Face Video. In Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP (Vol. 2019-September, pp. 2020–2024). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2019.8803109
Martinez, N., M. Bertran, G. Sapiro, and H. T. Wu. “Non-Contact Photoplethysmogram and Instantaneous Heart Rate Estimation from Infrared Face Video.” In Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP, 2019-September:2020–24, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIP.2019.8803109.
Martinez N, Bertran M, Sapiro G, Wu HT. Non-Contact Photoplethysmogram and Instantaneous Heart Rate Estimation from Infrared Face Video. In: Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP. 2019. p. 2020–4.
Martinez, N., et al. “Non-Contact Photoplethysmogram and Instantaneous Heart Rate Estimation from Infrared Face Video.” Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP, vol. 2019-September, 2019, pp. 2020–24. Scopus, doi:10.1109/ICIP.2019.8803109.
Martinez N, Bertran M, Sapiro G, Wu HT. Non-Contact Photoplethysmogram and Instantaneous Heart Rate Estimation from Infrared Face Video. Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP. 2019. p. 2020–2024.

Published In

Proceedings - International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP

DOI

ISSN

1522-4880

ISBN

9781538662496

Publication Date

September 1, 2019

Volume

2019-September

Start / End Page

2020 / 2024