Oxygen saturation detection aided with the theory of lock-in amplifier

Manjin Liu, Mei Hui*, Ming Liu, Yuejin Zhao, Liquan Dong, Hong Wu, Xiaohua Liu, Zhu Zhao, Yun Feng, Di Chen, Lei Yang, Jingsheng Zhao

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Abstract

This paper proposes a method to recover the pulse signal with the theory of lock-in amplifier and calculates the oxygen saturation. The pulse signal is obtained based on the method of Photoplethysmography (PPG). We use a LED as the light source and a photoelectric diode as the receiver to get a measured pulse wave. Because the pulse wave obtained by this method is easily disturbed by motion artifact, we use an electrocardiogram (ECG) signal to aid PPG measurement. Firstly, the ECG signal is processed by the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and get the heart rate. Secondly, with the value of heart rate, a typical noise free pulse waveform can be constructed. Finally, we use it as a reference input to get a recovered pulse wave by the theory of lock-in amplifier. Thus, the value of oxygen saturation can be calculated accurately through two recovered pulse waveforms of red (660nm) and infrared (940nm) light. Some volunteers were tested. The correlation coefficient between the experimental data and the data provided by a reference instrument is 0.98, proving that this method has high reliability and utility in motion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptics and Photonics for Information Processing VIII
EditorsAbdul A. S. Awwal, Khan M. Iftekharuddin, Andres Marquez, Mohammad A. Matin
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628412437
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event8th Conference of Optics and Photonics for Information Processing - San Diego, United States
Duration: 18 Aug 201420 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9216
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference8th Conference of Optics and Photonics for Information Processing
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period18/08/1420/08/14

Keywords

  • Lock-in amplifier
  • Oxygen saturation
  • Photoplethysmography (PPG)

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