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. 2022 Jan 27;110(3):355–381. doi: 10.1109/JPROC.2022.3149785

TABLE 2. Datasets of PPG Signals. Definitions: Resp—Respiratory Signal; PCG—Phonocardiogram; Accel—Acceleromertry; Gyro—Gyroscope; EDA—Electrodermal Activity; EMG—Electromyogram; GSR—Galvanic Skin Response; and ICP—Intracranial Pressure.

Dataset Ref No subjs Other signals Description
U.K. Biobank (Field 4205) 205,357 Single finger PPG waves from middle-aged subjects.
MIMIC Critical Care Database [278] 10,000s (growing) ECG, BP, resp, others Recordings from critically-ill adults and neonates, lasting from minutes to days. Typically at finger.
VitalDB [279] 6,153 ECG, BP, resp, others Finger PPG recordings from patients during operations.
MESA Dataset [280] 2,056 ECG, resp, others Finger PPG recordings from adults undergoing polysomnography.
SOMNIA Database [281] 100s (growing) ECG, resp, others Wrist PPG recordings from children and adults undergoing polysomnography.
PPG-BP Database [282] 219 Three finger recordings from adults aged 20–89 with and without CVD, ≈ 3 waves per recording.
Sleep Disordered Breathing Database [283] 146 Finger recordings lasting ≥3 hours, acquired from children referred for polysomnography.
ECSMP [284] 89 ECG, accel, others Wrist recordings acquired from healthy subjects during a protocol designed to induce different emotions.
Pulse transit time during vasoconstriction Dataset [285] 86 ECG, BP ≈ 35-min wrist and finger recordings during cold pressor and active stand tests.
Vortal Dataset [45] [73] 57 ECG, resp 10-min finger and ear recordings before and after exercise from healthy adults aged 18–39 and > 70.
BIDMC [286] 53 ECG, BP, resp 8-min recordings from critically-ill adults (a subset of the MIMIC-II dataset).
CapnoBase [287] 42 ECG, resp 8-min recordings from pediatrics and adults during elective surgery and anesthesia.
Bed-based BCG Dataset [288] 40 ECG, BCG, BP Recordings from adults whilst at rest.
DEAP Database [289] 32 ECG, resp, video, others Thumb recordings from young, healthy subjects whilst watching one-minute 40 videos.
University of Queensland Vital Signs Dataset [290] 32 ECG, resp, BP, EEG Recordings from patients during anesthesia, ranging from minutes to hours in duration.
ESUM SNF Project Dataset [291] 31 accel, EDA Wrist recordings whilst walking.
MARSH Dataset [292] 29 ECG, resp 15-min finger recordings during spontaneous and metronome-guided breathing.
Noninvasive BP Estimation [150] 26 ECG, BP, PCG Finger recordings from healthy adults.
gyro-acc-ppg Dataset [293] 24 ECG, accel, gyro Wrist recordings from healthy subjects during an exercise protocol lasting 12 minutes.
Wearable and Clinical Devices Dataset [294] 18 ECG, resp, accel, EDA Wrist PPG recordings acquired for 5 mins at rest, and 5mins whilst walking on spot.
PPG-DaLiA Dataset [295] 15 ECG, resp, accel, EDA Recordings acquired for ≈ 2.5 hours during a protocol of daily living activities.
WESAD Dataset [296] 15 ECG, resp, accel, others Recordings acquired in a ≈ 2 hour protocol designed to amuse, stress, and relax.
iAMwell Dataset 15 ECG, resp ≈ 20-min recordings before, during and after running.
Simultaneous Measurements Dataset [297] 13 ECG, accel, resp Recordings from adults at rest and during cognitive and physical tasks.
IEEE Signal Processing Cup 2015 [81] 12 ECG, accel, two PPGs ≈ 5-min recordings during intensive physical exercise from males aged 18–35.
AffectiveROAD Dataset [298] 10 accel, EDA Recordings acquired whilst driving a car for ≈ 86 minutes from mostly young adults.
Labeled raw PPG Signals [299] 9 Finger recordings acquired at rest for ≈ 20−40 minutes from healthy adults.
Wrist PPG During Exercise [300] 8 ECG, gyro, accel Wrist recordings acquired from adults aged 22–32 during walking, running and bike riding.
PPG-ACC Dataset [301] 7 accel Wrist recordings acquired from healthy adults aged 20–52 during rest, squatting and stepping.
Raw PPG Signal in Varying Levels of Activity [240] 5 Finger recordings acquired at rest, talking and walking for ≈ 10 mins each from healthy adults.
PPG-Diary [72] 1 two PPGs A 28-day thumb recording from a healthy adult, with annotations of activities of daily living.
Eight-Emotion Sentics Dataset [302] 1 EMG, GSR, resp 25-min recordings during a protocol to evoke emotions from 1 subject each day for 20 days.
Pulse Wave DataBase [114] 4,374 (synthetic) BP, blood flow, others Single simulated PPG pulse waves representative of healthy adults aged 25–75.
Photoplethysmography in dogs & cats [303] 21 (animals) three PPGs ≈ 10−20 sec recordings at several arterial sites from 11 dogs and 10 cats.