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. 2020 Jan 7;8:e8342. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8342

Table 2. Overview of the characteristics of studies assessing (ultra)-short-term pulse rate variability from video recordings.

BVP, blood volume pulse; CFL, compact fluorescent light; CMOS, complementary metal-oxidesemiconductor; d, distance between camera and measuring site; DC, direct current; DLSR, digital single-lens reflex camera; ECG, electrocardiography; F, female; HF, high-frequency band; IR, infrared; LED, light-emitting diode; LF, low-frequency band; M, male; Ns, number of subjects; pNN50, percentage of normal-to-normal (NN) intervals that differ by more than 50 ms; PRV, pulse rate variability; RGB, red, green, and blue; RGBCO, red, green, blue, cyan, and orange; RMSSD, root mean square of successive NN interval differences; SD1, Poincaré plot standard deviation perpendicular to the line of identity; SD2, Poincaré plot standard deviation along the line of identity; SDNN, standard deviation of the NN intervals; t, duration of the recordings; TP, total power; VLF, very-low-frequency band.

Study characteristics
Poh, McDuff & Picard (2011)
PRV metrics: LF, HF, LF/HF Camera: RGB (15 fps)
Ns: 12 (4F + 8M) Lighting: daylight only
t (s): 60 Recording setup: sitting still
Measuring site: face Skin color: different
d (m): 0.5 Reference measurement: BVP sensor (256 Hz)
Sun et al. (2012)
PRV metrics: SDNN, LF, HF, LF/HF Camera: monochrome CMOS (200 fps)
Ns: 10 (3F + 7M) Lighting: 2× IR light only
t (s): 240 Recording setup: rest, cushion placed under the left palm
Measuring site: left palm Skin color: not given
d (m): 0.4 Reference measurement: pulse oximeter
McDuff, Gontarek & Picard (2014)
PRV metrics: LF, HF, LF/HF Camera: RGBCO DLSR (30 fps)
Ns: 10 (7F + 3M) Lighting: daylight and indoor illumination
t (s): 120 Recording setup: (1) sitting still, (2) sitting, performing mental arithmetic test
Measuring site: face Skin color: Asian, Caucasian, Hispanic
d (m): 3 Reference measurement: BVP sensor
Moreno et al. (2015)
PRV metrics: SDNN, RMSSD, pNN50, VLF, LF, HF, LF/HF Camera: RGB (30 fps)
Ns: 20 (5F + 15M) Lighting: dedicated light illuminating the face
t (s): 300 Recording setup: (1) sitting, (2) lying (supine) still with eyes closed
Measuring site: face Skin color: Caucasian
d (m): 0.8 Reference measurement: chest strap (1 kHz)
Blackford, Piasecki & Estepp (2016)
PRV metrics: SDNN, LF, HF Camera: RGB (29.97 fps)
Ns: 19 Lighting: daylight and fluorescent indoor illumination
t (s): 300 Recording setup: sitting still
Measuring site: face Skin color: not given
d (m): 25 Reference measurement: ECG (16 kHz downsampled to 1,200 Hz)
Huang & Dung (2016)
PRV metrics: SDNN, RMSSD, SDSD, SD1, SD2 Camera: RGB frontal smartphone camera (30 fps)
Ns: 6 (2F + 4M) Lighting: not given
t (s): 60 Recording setup: (1) static, (2) occasional motion, (3) frequent motion
Measuring site: face Skin color: not given
d (m): not given Reference measurement: chest strap (unclear sampling rate)
Iozzia, Cerina & Mainardi (2016)
PRV metrics: SDNN, RMSSD, pNN50, VLF, LF, HF, LF/HF Camera: RGB camera (60 fps)
Ns: 58 Lighting: daylight and artificial light
t (s): 300 Recording setup: rest-to-stand maneuver (i.e. from lying on bed to standing still)
Measuring site: face Skin color: Fitzpatrick scale II-IV
d (m): not given Reference measurement: ECG (256 Hz)
Purtov et al. (2016)
PRV metrics: HF, LF, VLF, TP Camera: RGB camera (30 fps)
Ns: 20 Lighting: 2× fluorescent lights only
t (s): 1,200 Recording setup: sitting still
Measuring site: face Skin color: not given
d (m): 3 Reference measurement: ECG (250 Hz)
Cerina, Iozzia & Mainardi (2017)
PRV metrics: RMSSD, pNN50, HF Camera: RGB (60 fps)
Ns: 57 Lighting: daylight and artificial light (CFL bars)
t (s): 300 Recording setup: supine position
Measuring site: face Skin color: Fitzpatrick scale II-IV
d (m): 1 Reference measurement: ECG (256 Hz)
Melchor Rodriguez & Ramos-Castro (2018)
PRV metrics: SDNN, RMSSD, pNN50, LF, HF, LF/HF Camera: RGB (15 fps)
Ns: 15 (3F + 12M) Lighting: daylight only
t (s): 50 Recording setup: (1) sitting still, (2) sitting, performing lateral and forward/backward movements
Measuring site: face Skin color: fair skin
d (m): 0.3 Reference measurement: finger pulse sensor (1 kHz)
Yu et al. (2018)
PRV metrics: SDNN, LF, HF Camera: 2× monochrome camera, 1× RGB camera (R channel only) (50 fps)
Ns: 4 Lighting: (1) white ambient light, (2) white ambient light + 1× red (625 nm) light, (3) white ambient light + 1× IR (850 nm) LED brick light
t (s): 300 Recording setup: lying still in supine position
Measuring site: face Skin color: not given
d (m): 1.8 Reference measurement: ECG (500 Hz), PPG (125 Hz)
Benezeth et al. (2018)
PRV metrics: VLF, LF, HF, (VLF+LF)/HF Camera: RGB camera (50 fps)
Ns: 16 Lighting: 2× direct DC lights
t (s): 120 Recording setup: sitting still, watching videos with (1) neutral, (2) emotional content
Measuring site: face Skin color: not given
d (m): 1 Reference measurement: pulse oximeter