Ultra-short term HRV features as surrogates of short term HRV: a case study on mental stress detection in real life

Abstract Background This paper suggests a method to assess the extent to which ultra-short Heart Rate Variability (HRV) features (less than 5 min) can be considered as valid surrogates of short HRV features (nominally 5 min). Short term HRV analysis has been widely investigated for mental stress ass...

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Main Authors: R. Castaldo, L. Montesinos, P. Melillo, C. James, L. Pecchia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-019-0742-y