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Blood pressure estimation by spatial pulse-wave dynamics in a facial video.
Kaito Iuchi1,2, Ryogo Miyazaki1,2, George C Cardoso3
1Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Imaging Science, Chiba University, Japan.
Biomedical Optics Express
|February 3, 2023
Summary
This study introduces a novel remote method to estimate continuous blood pressure (BP) using facial videos. The technique leverages spatial pulse-wave analysis via deep learning, achieving accurate BP estimation with significantly lower error than traditional methods.
Area of Science:
- Biomedical Engineering
- Medical Imaging
- Artificial Intelligence
Background:
- Continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring is crucial for cardiovascular health management.
- Current invasive methods pose risks, necessitating non-invasive alternatives.
- Remote photoplethysmography (rPPG) offers a promising avenue for contactless BP estimation.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a novel remote method for continuous blood pressure estimation using spatial information from facial pulse waves.
- To compare the proposed method's accuracy against conventional pulse feature analysis.
- To investigate the deep learning model's interpretability by visualizing spatial and channel-wise contributions.
Main Methods:
- Facial RGB videos were processed to extract spatial pulse-wave signals by segmenting regions of interest.
- Pulse wave contours and beat relationships were converted into time-continuous spatial signals.
- A convolutional neural network (CNN) was employed to model the relationship between spatial signals and BP.
- A dataset of continuous BP and facial videos from ten healthy volunteers was created for validation.
Main Results:
- The proposed remote method demonstrated adequate BP estimation performance, achieving a correlation coefficient of 0.85 and a mean absolute error of 5.4 mmHg.
- The method significantly outperformed conventional pulse feature-based estimation in terms of error reduction.
- Visualization revealed that spatial-wise contributions are blood pressure-dependent, while pulse contour-wise contributions reflect wave dynamics.
Conclusions:
- The proposed remote sensing method provides an accurate and non-invasive approach for continuous blood pressure monitoring.
- Deep learning-based analysis of spatial pulse-wave signals offers superior performance compared to traditional methods.
- The interpretability analysis offers insights into the physiological basis of remote BP estimation.
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