Applications¶
There are many potential applications for wearable devices in health, fitness and wellbeing contexts. Several applications are discussed in the following publications:
Charlton PH et al., Wearable Photoplethysmography for Cardiovascular Monitoring. Proceedings of the IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2022.3149785
Charlton PH and Marozas V., Wearable photoplethysmography devices. in Photoplethysmography. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-823374-0.00011-6
Here are some examples which are discussed at length in the above publications. Doubtless there are many more potential applications!
Detecting disease¶
Detecting atrial fibrillation
Identifying obstructive sleep apnea
Identifying sepsis
Identifying heart failure
Identifying pre-eclampsia
Identifying othostatic hypotension
Population-level monitoring¶
Monitoring the spread of infectious diseases
Self-directed monitoring for health, fitness and wellbeing¶
Sleep monitoring
Assessing mental stress
Menstrual cycle monitoring
Supplementary clinical use in specific clinical settings¶
Identifying clinical deteriorations in hospital patients
Risk prediction¶
Cardiovascular risk prediction
Assessing vascular age
Assessing response to exercise
Disease monitoring¶
Seizure detection in epilepsy
Anaesthesia and pain monitoring
Chronic kidney disease monitoring
Additional applications¶
Biometric authentication
Health insurance