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Qunfeng Tang^1,2, Zhencheng Chen³, Rabab Ward¹

¹Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

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|August 19, 2020

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This study introduces a dynamic model to synthesize photoplethysmogram (PPG) signals, crucial for evaluating PPG event detection algorithms. The synthetic signals closely mimic real data, enabling robust algorithm performance assessment.

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Signal Processing
Physiological Monitoring

Background:

Evaluating photoplethysmogram (PPG) event detection algorithms necessitates diverse PPG signals, which are scarce in public databases.
Artificial signal synthesis offers a viable solution to augment available PPG datasets for algorithm development and testing.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop and validate a dynamic model for synthesizing realistic PPG signals with controlled durations and sampling frequencies.
To assess the performance of the synthesized PPG signals by comparing their characteristics and heart rate variability metrics against real PPG data.

Main Methods:

A dynamic model was created using two Gaussian functions to simulate individual PPG pulses.
Beat-to-beat intervals were generated using a normal distribution, and signal periodicity was achieved via the circular motion principle.
Three classes of synthetic PPG signals (excellent, acceptable, unfit) were generated, and their correlation and mean square error were calculated against templates. Heart rate variability (HRV) metrics of synthesized PPG were compared with real PPG data from the MIMIC III database.

Main Results:

The optimized model demonstrated high correlations (0.85-0.99) between synthetic and template pulses across all classes, with low mean square errors (0.001-0.017).
Strong correlations (0.84-0.99) were observed between the heart rate variability parameters of synthesized and real PPG signals.
The synthesized PPG signals accurately replicated key features of real PPG data, including variability metrics.

Conclusions:

The proposed dynamic model effectively synthesizes realistic PPG signals suitable for evaluating event detection algorithms.
The high fidelity of synthesized PPG signals, particularly in HRV analysis, supports their utility in augmenting limited real-world datasets.
This method provides a valuable tool for researchers needing diverse PPG data for algorithm validation and performance benchmarking.