Non-Invasive Continuous-Time Blood Pressure Estimation from a Single Channel PPG Signal using Regularized ARX Models.

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Continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring can help in preventing hypertension and other cardiovascular diseases. In principle, an indirect non-invasive continuous-time measurement of BP is possible by exploiting the photoplethysmography (PPG) signal, which can be obtained through wearable optical sensor devices. However, a model of the PPG-to-BP dynamical system is needed. In this study, we investigate if autoregressive with exogenous input (ARX) models with kernel-based regularization are suited for the scope. We analyzed 10 PPG time-series acquired on different individuals by a wearable optical sensor and correspondent BP reference values to evaluate feasibility of continuous BP estimation from a single PPG source. This first proof-of-concept study shows promising results in continuous BP estimation during resting states.