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. 2018 Aug 28;9:1199. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01199

Table 2.

Parameters extracted from PPG morphology analysis.

No. Parameter name Units Definition Description
1 A a.u. Area of a pulse The area of a pulse
2 Asys a.u. Area of a systolic phase The area of a pulse from the diastolic peak to the next systolic peak
3 Adia a.u. Area of a diastolic phase The area of a pulse from the systolic peak to the next diastolic peak
4 TriA a.u. Triangular Area of a pulse The area of the triangle made up of two adjacent diastole peaks and the systolic peak between them
5 TriAsys a.u. Triangular Area of a systolic phase The area of triangle made up of diastolic peak, following systolic peak and intersection of the horizontal line of diastolic peak and vertical line of systolic peak
6 TriAdia a.u. Triangular Area of a diastolic phase The area of triangle made up of systolic peak, following diastolic peak and intersection of the horizontal line of diastolic peak and vertical line of systolic peak
7 Lsys ms Systolic length The time interval between diastolic peak and next systolic peak
8 Ldia ms Diastolic length The time interval between systolic peak and next diastolic peak
9 PPIsys ms Systolic Peak Interval The time interval between adjacent systolic peaks
10 PPIdia ms Diastolic Peak Interval The time interval between adjacent diastolic peaks
11 ACAdia a.u. AC Amplitude from previous diastole Difference of the systolic peak amplitude and the previous diastolic peak amplitude
12 ACAbl a.u. AC Amplitude from baseline Difference of the systolic peak amplitude and the interpolated baseline amplitude of two adjacent diastolic peaks
13 ACVsys a.u. AC Variation Systole Difference of the amplitude of systolic peaks
14 ACVdia a.u. AC Variation Diastole Difference of the amplitude of diastolic peaks
15 RS a.u. Rising Slope Slope between the diastolic peak and the next systolic peak
16 LRS a.u. Rising Slope Length Distance between the diastolic peak and the next systolic peak
17 RSmax a.u. Maximum Rising Slope Maximum slope in the interval from the diastolic peak to the next systolic peak
18 FS a.u. Falling Slope Slope between the systolic peak and the next diastolic peak
19 LFS a.u. Falling Slope Length Distance between the systolic peak and the next diastolic peak
20–23 PWx ms Pulse Width at x% of maximum amplitude, x = 30, 50, 70, 90 Pulse width at x% point of maximum amplitude