Heart rate variability for medical decision support systems: A review

Title
Heart rate variability for medical decision support systems: A review
Publication Date
2022-06
Author(s)
Faust, Oliver
Hong, Wanrong
Loh, Hui Wen
Xu, Shuting
Tan, Ru-San
Chakraborty, Subrata
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0102-5424
Email: schakra3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:schakra3
Barua, Prabal Datta
Molinari, Filippo
Acharya, U Rajendra
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105407
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/52063
Abstract

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is a good predictor of human health because the heart rhythm is modulated by a wide range of physiological processes. This statement embodies both challenges to and opportunities for HRV analysis. Opportunities arise from the wide-ranging applicability of HRV analysis for disease detection. The availability of modern high-quality sensors and the low data rate of heart rate signals make HRV easy to measure, communicate, store, and process. However, there are also significant obstacles that prevent a wider use of this technology. HRV signals are both nonstationary and nonlinear and, to the human eye, they appear noise-like. This makes them difficult to analyze and indeed the analysis findings are difficult to explain. Moreover, it is difficult to discriminate between the influences of different complex physiological processes on the HRV. These difficulties are compounded by the effects of aging and the presence of comorbidities. In this review, we have looked at scientific studies that have addressed these challenges with advanced signal processing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods.

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Citation
Computers in Biology and Medicine, v.145, p. 1-17
ISSN
1879-0534
0010-4825
Pubmed ID
35349801
Start page
1
End page
17
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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