ECG and PPG Applications in Healthcare

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In February 2025, I was invited to speak at the Biosignals course at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, where I presented a talk titled “ECG and PPG Applications in Healthcare”.

The session focused on:

  • 🫀 My research on ECG-based biometric identification
  • 🔍 Adapting the method for atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection
  • 🧠 Using deep learning with convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
  • 🖼️ Visual representation of ECG signals as electrocardiomaps (ECMs) or heatmaps
  • 🔐 Exploring the potential of these methods for health monitoring and security applications

The talk highlighted how a methodology originally designed for secure patient identification was repurposed to detect cardiac pathologies, showing the versatility and robustness of ECG-based approaches in personalized healthcare.

📁 Slides available on Zenodo: 10.5281/zenodo.14865968