Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering

Assessment of Photoplethysmography Method in Extraction of Hemoglobin Concentration

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

M Azarnoosh 1
H Doostdar 2

1 PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

2 MSc, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

https://doi.org/10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.400
Abstract
Background: The importance of continuous monitoring along with rapid and accurate notification of changes in blood components such as hemoglobin concentration, especially in acute situations, encourages researchers to use non-invasive methods for measuring.
Objective: This study was aimed to investigate the correlation between hemoglobin concentration and photoplethysmogram (PPG) and the possibility of measuring it by an optical method.
Material and Methods: In this applied study, a PPG signal was simultaneously recorded at four different wavelengths for thirty subjects who were referred to the laboratory for a hemoglobin concentration test. After calibrating the special recording probe with a standard pulse oximeter system and applying the required preprocessing on the obtained signals, the peak-to-peak value of PPG signals was extracted. Finally, the correlation between the peak-to-peak value of the signal at a certain wavelength and hemoglobin concentration was analyzed using Spearman and Pearson correlation for determining the process of changes in the data.
Results: The results demonstrated that based on the normal distribution of data at 590 nm wavelength, there is a significantly negative correlation between a function of the signal peak slope and the hemoglobin concentration, with a Pearson coefficient of -0.787 (p<0.01). In addition, the investigation of rank correlation indicated a significantly negative correlation of -0.842 (p<0.01) using Spearman correlation analysis.

Keywords

Hematologic Tests
Hemoglobinometry
Photoplethysmography
Correlation of Data
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Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering
Volume 9, Issue 6
36
December 2019
Pages 711-718

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