A PPG Signal De-Noising Method Based on the DTCWT and the Morphological Filtering

Abstract

The pulse wave signal contains a variety of noises and has strong nonlinear and non-stationary. According to the previous wavelet transformation method, this paper proposes a PPG signal de-noising algorithm based on dual-tree complex wavelet transform (DTCWT) and morphological filtering. With the advantage of simple construction, clear mathematical implications and low computational complexity, this method overcomes the shift sensitive and the frequency aliasing in the discrete wavelet transform. The simulation results show that this algorithm could remove the power line interference and EMG interference, and the quantitative index of SNR and mean square error is superior to the traditional threshold de-noising algorithm. Therefore, the DTCWT and morphological filtering de-noising algorithm would obtain a clear pulse wave signal.