Towards a Machine Learning-Based Digital Twin for Non-Invasive Human Bio-Signal Fusion

Sensors (Basel). 2022 Dec 12;22(24):9747. doi: 10.3390/s22249747.

Abstract

Human bio-signal fusion is considered a critical technological solution that needs to be advanced to enable modern and secure digital health and well-being applications in the metaverse. To support such efforts, we propose a new data-driven digital twin (DT) system to fuse three human physiological bio-signals: heart rate (HR), breathing rate (BR), and blood oxygen saturation level (SpO2). To accomplish this goal, we design a computer vision technology based on the non-invasive photoplethysmography (PPG) technique to extract raw time-series bio-signal data from facial video frames. Then, we implement machine learning (ML) technology to model and measure the bio-signals. We accurately demonstrate the digital twin capability in the modelling and measuring of three human bio-signals, HR, BR, and SpO2, and achieve strong performance compared to the ground-truth values. This research sets the foundation and the path forward for realizing a holistic human health and well-being DT model for real-world medical applications.

Keywords: bio-signal fusion; computer vision; digital health; digital twin; machine learning; metaverse.

MeSH terms

  • Heart Rate / physiology
  • Humans
  • Machine Learning
  • Oximetry
  • Photoplethysmography* / methods
  • Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted*

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.