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    Area of Science:

    • Biomedical Engineering
    • Physiological Monitoring
    • Wearable Technology

    Background:

    • Heart rate variability (HRV) is crucial for assessing autonomic nervous system function and cardiovascular health.
    • Photoplethysmography (PPG) offers continuous heart rate (HR) monitoring but struggles with motion artifacts and pulse arrival time (PAT) variability, hindering reliable HRV derivation.
    • Existing methods face significant challenges in obtaining accurate HRV from PPG signals in real-world conditions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a robust multimodal framework for accurate HRV estimation from PPG signals, addressing motion artifacts and PAT variability.
    • To improve the reliability of HRV monitoring using common wearable sensors in unconstrained environments.
    • To establish a strong baseline for future research and applications in wearable-based physiological monitoring.

    Main Methods:

    • A multimodal framework integrating PPG, inertial, and temperature sensors with a learnable state-space model (SSM) for inter-beat interval inference.
    • An adaptive SSM designed to handle non-linear signal dynamics and PAT-related shifts.
    • A composite trust gate mechanism that utilizes predicted uncertainty to down-weight corrupted signal segments.

    Main Results:

    • Consistent improvements in inter-beat interval accuracy and HRV indices across three public datasets (DaLiA, WildPPG, BIDMC) using a single model configuration.
    • Significant reduction in error for SDNN (Standard Deviation of NN intervals) by up to 80% compared to traditional peak detection methods.
    • Enhanced agreement with electrocardiogram (ECG)-derived HRV references, demonstrating superior accuracy.

    Conclusions:

    • Uncertainty-aware multimodal observations combined with an adaptive SSM provide robust HRV estimation even in the presence of real-world artifacts.
    • The proposed method facilitates reliable HRV monitoring using standard wearable sensors in realistic settings.
    • This work offers valuable insights and strong performance benchmarks for advancing research and applications in continuous HRV monitoring.