Early diagnosis can be crucial to limit both the mortality and economic burden of cardiovascular diseases. Recent developments have focused on the continuous monitoring of cardiac activity for a ...

Google published a study in Nature detailing its development of a research system that measures heart rate and resting heart rate using a smartphone's front-facing camera. The "Passive Heart Rate ...

Non-contact heart rate (HR) and respiratory rate (RR) monitoring is necessary for preterm infants due to the potential for the adhesive electrodes of conventional electrocardiogram (ECG) to cause ...

Back in the 1940s, a Dutch physician called John Poel invented a device that changed the nature of heart monitoring. His device is based on the idea that the color of skin changes according to the ...

A new study shows how ordinary phone unlocks could eventually support passive heart-rate tracking, using facial video and deep learning to make cardiovascular monitoring more accessible while raising ...