Photoplethysmographic-based automated sleep-wake classification using a support vector machine.

Journal: Physiological measurement
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Sleep quality has a significant impact on human mental and physical health. The detection of sleep-wake states is thus of paramount importance in the study of sleep. The gold standard method for sleep-wake classification is multi-sensor-based polysomnography (PSG) which is normally recorded in a clinical setting. The main drawbacks of PSG are the inconvenience to the subjects, the impact of discomfort on normal sleep cycles, and its requirement for experts' interpretation. In contrast, we aim to design an automated approach for sleep-wake classification using a wearable fingertip photoplethysmographic (PPG) signal.

Authors

  • Mohammod Abdul Motin
    Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
  • Chandan Kamakar
  • Palaniswami Marimuthu
  • Thomas Penzel