Yuna Watanabe
HeartView

September 2023 - Present
Research Assistant
Prof. Matthew Goodwin
Prof. Varun Mishra
Keywords

Psychophysiology
Signal quality assessment
Software

Research Summary

Wearable sensing systems enable the collection of peripheral physiological data relatively easily. However, data collected with these devices are more susceptible to artifacts than traditional systems, which increases missing or distorted data. Researchers and clinicians need to conduct a signal quality assessment (SQA) and identify outliers, artifacts, and missingness in data to increase the reliability and validity of physiological measurements. However, many publicly available SQA tools for ambulatory cardiovascular signals do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), limiting the opportunity for those without programming experience. Some tools offer a GUI; however, their functionalities are limited, such as signal filtering, or their accessibility is limited due to their use of non-free software. We are developing an open-source software tool, HeartView, to address these limitations.


My role

HeartView was developed by my fellow Ph.D. candidate, Natasha Yamane. I have been helping her with the improvement of the software, especially in the development of an artifact correction function. Building on this project, I have also been working on a project to improve reliability and reproducibility in psychophysiological research. More specifically, I have been analyzing how artifact detection algorithms and artifact correction algorihtms perform differently depending on study conditions and how they can be improved.

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