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12 March 2015 Quantifying the correlation between photoplethysmography and laser Doppler flowmetry microvascular low-frequency oscillations
Irina Mizeva, Costanzo Di Maria, Peter Frick, Sergey Podtaev, John Allen
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 3, 037007 (March 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.3.037007
Abstract
Photoplethysmography (PPG) and laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) are two recognized optical techniques that can track low-frequency perfusion changes in microcirculation. The aim of this study was to determine, in healthy subjects, the correlation between the techniques for specific low-frequency bands previously defined for microcirculation. Twelve healthy male subjects (age range 18 to 50 years) were studied, with PPG and LDF signals recorded for 20 min from their right and left index (PPG) and middle (LDF) fingers. Wavelet analysis comprised dividing the low-frequency integral wavelet spectrum (IWS) into five established physiological bands relating to cardiac, respiratory, myogenic, neurogenic, and endothelial activities. The correlation between PPG and LDF was quantified using wavelet correlation analysis and Spearman correlation analysis of the median IWS amplitude. The median wavelet correlation between signals (right-left side average) was 0.45 (cardiac), 0.49 (respiratory), 0.86 (myogenic), 0.91 (neurogenic), and 0.91 (endothelial). The correlation of IWS amplitude values (right-left side average) was statistically significant for the cardiac (ρ=0.64, p<0.05) and endothelial (ρ=0.62, p<0.05) bands. This pilot study has shown good correlation between PPG and LDF for specific physiological frequency bands. In particular, the results suggest that PPG has the potential to be a low-cost replacement for LDF for endothelial activity assessments.
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Irina Mizeva, Costanzo Di Maria, Peter Frick, Sergey Podtaev, and John Allen "Quantifying the correlation between photoplethysmography and laser Doppler flowmetry microvascular low-frequency oscillations," Journal of Biomedical Optics 20(3), 037007 (12 March 2015). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JBO.20.3.037007
Published: 12 March 2015
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KEYWORDS
Wavelets
Doppler effect
Photoplethysmography
Statistical analysis
Correlation function
Wavelet transforms
Analog electronics
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