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A Simple Non-Invasive Automated Heart Rate Monitoring System Using Facial Images

A Simple Non-Invasive Automated Heart Rate Monitoring System Using Facial Images
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Author(s): Humaira Nisar (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia), Zhen Yao Lim (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)and Kim Ho Yeap (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 23
Source title: Biomedical Image Analysis and Mining Techniques for Improved Health Outcomes
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Wahiba Ben Abdessalem KarĂ¢a (Taif University, Saudi Arabia & RIADI-GDL Laboratory, ENSI, Tunisia)and Nilanjan Dey (Department of Information Technology, Techno India College of Technology, Kolkata, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8811-7.ch005

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Abstract

In this chapter we will discuss a simple non invasive automated heart rate monitoring method. Commonly heart rate is measured by using heart rate monitor devices. Many patients do not feel comfortable when they use contact devices for diagnostic purposes. Our algorithm gives a non-invasive way of heart rate measurement. The first step is to record a video. After 5 frames of the video are captured, the face is detected. A total of 300 frames will be used for further processing. At this stage, ROI (part of forehead) will be cropped out automatically. All image frames are in RGB color model, so these will be separated into 3 channels. For analysis, graph normalization is applied, which uses mean and standard deviation. Fast Fourier transform is used to plot the power spectrum of the traces. This power spectrum will have a peak if the heart rate is detected. We used RGB, HSI, YCbCr, YIQ, and CIE LAB color models for analysis. The best result is achieved with RGB color model followed by CIELab. The average accuracy is 95.32%.

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