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Insights on Spectral Measures for HRV Based on a Novel Approach for Data Acquisition

Anderson, Rachele LU orcid ; Jönsson, Peter and Sandsten, Maria LU (2018) In Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings 2018. p.510-513
Abstract

In this paper, we present new insights on classical spectral measures for heart rate variability (HRV), based on a novel method for HRV acquisition. A dynamic breathing task, where the test participants are asked to breathe following a metronome with slowly increasing frequency, allows for the acquisition of respiratory-related HRV-data covering the frequency range in which adults breathe in different everyday situations. We discuss how the use of a time-frequency representation, e.g. the spectrogram or the Wigner-Ville distribution, should be preferred to the traditional use of the periodogram, due to the non-stationarity of the data. We argue that this approach can highlight the correlation of spectral measures such as low-frequency... (More)

In this paper, we present new insights on classical spectral measures for heart rate variability (HRV), based on a novel method for HRV acquisition. A dynamic breathing task, where the test participants are asked to breathe following a metronome with slowly increasing frequency, allows for the acquisition of respiratory-related HRV-data covering the frequency range in which adults breathe in different everyday situations. We discuss how the use of a time-frequency representation, e.g. the spectrogram or the Wigner-Ville distribution, should be preferred to the traditional use of the periodogram, due to the non-stationarity of the data. We argue that this approach can highlight the correlation of spectral measures such as low-frequency and high-frequency HRV with relevant factors as age, gender and Body-Mass-Index, thanks to the improved quality of the spectral measures.

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Heart rate variability, Time-Frequency Analysis, Spectrogram, Wigner-Ville distribution
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Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
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2018
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4 pages
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
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  • pmid:30440446
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1557-170X
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10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512423
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English
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  author       = {{Anderson, Rachele and Jönsson, Peter and Sandsten, Maria}},
  issn         = {{1557-170X}},
  keywords     = {{Heart rate variability; Time-Frequency Analysis; Spectrogram; Wigner-Ville distribution}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{510--513}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  series       = {{Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings}},
  title        = {{Insights on Spectral Measures for HRV Based on a Novel Approach for Data Acquisition}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512423}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512423}},
  volume       = {{2018}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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