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Filippo Attivissimo¹, Luisa De Palma¹, Attilio Di Nisio¹

¹Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Polytechnic University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy.

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Summary

This study introduces novel features for non-invasive blood pressure estimation using photoplethysmography (PPG) signals. Enhanced PPG signals improve feature extraction, enabling accurate machine learning models for remote health monitoring.

Keywords:

blood pressure (BP)features selection hypertension maximal overlap discrete wavelet transform (MODWT)photoplethysmography (PPG)telemedicine

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Background:

Photoplethysmography (PPG) is a non-invasive optical technique used for vital signs monitoring.
Accurate blood pressure (BP) estimation from PPG signals remains a challenge.
Existing methods often require complex algorithms or invasive procedures.

Purpose of the Study:

To present new features for blood pressure estimation using PPG signals.
To enhance PPG signal quality for more reliable feature extraction.
To identify the most significant features for BP estimation using advanced selection methods.

Main Methods:

Calculated 195 features from 50,000 PPG pulses across 1080 patients.
Applied Correlation-based Feature Selection (CFS), RReliefF, and MRMR for feature selection.
Utilized Maximal Overlap Discrete Wavelet Transform (MODWT) for PPG signal enhancement.

Main Results:

The MODWT enhancement reliably identified key PPG signal points (systolic, diastolic, dicrotic notch).
Error metrics for point identification using MODWT were comparable to established algorithms.
Selected novel features from enhanced PPG signals, alongside existing ones, for BP estimation.

Conclusions:

The study successfully identified new, significant features for BP estimation from PPG.
Enhanced PPG signals facilitate accurate feature extraction for machine learning.
These features can train models for non-invasive BP monitoring, supporting telemedicine.