An Overview of the Sensors for Heart Rate Monitoring Used in Extramural Applications
, Roel J. H. Montree 2,†, Shuhao Que 2,†, Elisabetta Peri 2 and Rik Vullings 2,*
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This paper summarizes the results on heart rate monitoring in extramural applications. It classifies the schemes into three categories and properly descrbies their main concepts, histories and pros/cons. It can be a good reference paper for interested readers and has little to revise. Thus, I am recommending the paper for publication in its current form.
Author Response
We thank the Reviewer for the positive comments and feedback on our work. We really appreciate that the Reviewers consider this work a good and comprehensive overview of this topic. Since no revisions have been suggested to the content and structure of the manuscript, we reviewed it improving the English and correcting typos.
Reviewer 2 Report
In this document, the authors presented an overview of three strategies that are used for non-invasive monitoring of heart rate (HR) in extramural and home settings, according to what physiological effect is used to measure the pulsatile activity of the heart: sensing electrical activity (electrocardiography), peripheral effect (photoplethysmography), and mechanical activity (mechanocardiography) of the heart activity
The paper describes in detail the physical principles underlying the three categories, the characteristics of the different types of sensors, and the most used software strategies that are currently adopted to effectively and reliably extract HR. Also, the strengths and weaknesses of each category were given as guidelines for selecting the most suitable solution according to a specific application.
In general, the document is well written and it was presented in organized and comprehensive sections, with appropriate and adequate references to related and previous work. It is a good overview of this topic. I don't have any important comments.
Author Response
We thank the Reviewer for his/her positive comments and feedback on our work. We really appreciate that the Reviewer considers this work a good and comprehensive overview of this topic. Since no revisions have been suggested to the content and structure of the manuscript, we reviewed it improving the English and correcting typos.
