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AFCam: A Contactless System for the Detection of Atrial Fibrillation using Camera Recordings

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia that affects about 2% of the population. The prevalence of AF increases with age, from 0.5% at 40–50 years, to 5–15% at 80 years. AF is associated with increased rates of death, stroke, heart failure and hospitalizations as well as degraded quality of life, reduced exercise capacity, and left ventricular dysfunction.
AF can be paroxysmal, meaning that AF events can occur episodically and self-terminate; in such cases the clinical diagnosis is performed by Holter recordings usually for 24h or 7 days. However, because of the time irregularity of this pathology, the monitoring period could be insufficient to detect AF. The main risks of undiagnosed AF events are associated to cardioembolic stroke and AF-related complications whose management would imply higher costs for health care system.
The project aim at the development of a contactless fully automated system for screening of AF patient in different environments. The system consists of a videoPPG system, i.e. camera that detects variations of light intensity reflected by a region of subject’s face, positioned at a variable distance. From video recordings, the blood volume pulse (BVP) of peripheral arteries is extracted and processed to detect AF.

Principal academic tutor
Luca Mainardi, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano

Academic tutors
Filippo Molinari, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino
Valentina Corino, Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano

External institutions
Ospedale Maggiore di Milano
Università Statale di Milano

External tutors
Federico Lombardi, Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, Università Statale di Milano

Team members
Alessia Botta, Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Nicolò Capobianco, Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Giacomo D’Alessandro, Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Claudia D’Ettorre, Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Anindya Fitriyanti, Product Service System Design, Politecnico di Milano
Andrea Mariani, Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Gian Franco Piredda, Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Luca Talenti [Team Controller, Communication Coordinator], Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano

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