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User-Adaptive Movement Noise Detection Algorithm Using Wavelet Transform

Wavelet을 이용한 사용자 적응 동잡음 판단 알고리즘

  • Ban, Dahee (School of Engineering, University of Ulsan) ;
  • Kwon, Sungoh (School of Engineering, University of Ulsan)
  • Received : 2015.01.03
  • Accepted : 2015.05.08
  • Published : 2015.06.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose an algorithm to detect movement noise in PPG(Photoplethysmography) measurements. Movement noise significantly deteriorate PPG signals in measurement, so that a movement noise detection algorithm is critical before using measured PPG signals for applications such as diagnosis. To detect movement noise, we apply wavelet transform to PPG signals instead of short-time Fourier transform and decide if the measured signlas include movement noise. To that end, we adaptively choose a wavelet, which is the most similar to the subject's PPG pattern. In the case when movement noise is intentionally added in the 20% and 30% of the total experiment time, our algorithm detects time-slots including movement and outperforms previous works.

본 논문은 심박에 동기화된 맥파 즉 PPG신호를 측정하고, 신호에 동잡음이 포함 되어있는지를 판단하는 방안을 제안한다. 피 측정자의 움직임에 의한 동잡음은 PPG신호를 심각하게 왜곡한다. 따라서 신호에 동잡음이 포함되었는지 판단하는 신호처리 방법이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 측정하는 PPG신호에 동잡음이 포함되어있는지를 판단하기 위해 국소푸리에변환 대신 웨이블릿 변환을 이용하여 결정하는 신호처리 방법을 제안한다. 또한, 다양한 웨이블릿 중에서 피실험자의 PPG 신호에 적응된 웨이블릿 선택하였다. 실험에서 사용자가 측정 전체 시간 대비 20%, 30% 시간동안 임의의 움직임을 통해 동잡음을 포함시킨 경우 제안한 신호처리 방법을 이용한 결과 사용자가 동잡음을 포함시킨 모든 구간을 동잡음이 포함된 구간으로 판단하였으며, 고정 웨이블릿 방법보다 더 우수한 성능을 보였다.

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