Measuring pulse rate variability using long-range, non-contact imaging photoplethysmography.

Camera-based measurement of the blood volume pulse via non-contact, imaging photoplethysmography is a very popular approach for measuring pulse rate using a remote imaging sensor. Comparatively less attention has been paid to the usefulness of the method for measuring features of pulse rate variability, and even less focus has been put on the accuracy of any cardiac activity feature that can be achieved at long imager-to-subject distances. In this study, video was recorded from 19 participants, while at rest, at a distance of 25 meters from the imaging sensor.

A survey of remote optical photoplethysmographic imaging methods.

In recent years researchers have presented a number of new methods for recovering physiological parameters using just low-cost digital cameras and image processing. The ubiquity of digital cameras presents the possibility for many new, low-cost applications of vital sign monitoring. In this paper we present a review of the work on remote photoplethysmographic (PPG) imaging using digital cameras.